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Artistic #entomology: Maria Sibylla Merian, born April 2, 1647, was a trailblazing naturalist, artist & entomologist. Fascinated by the #metamorphosis in organisms, she created detailed illustrations of #insects & #plants of remarkable scientific accuracy & visual beauty🦋🌿🌻
Chinese vase, spectacular. Flowers, even more spectacular. Small bug, just hanging around on the table. As recorded by Maria Sibylla Merian, artist & naturalist. It's her beautiful day.
Another side of nature's wonders: guava tree w/ army ants, pink-toed tarantulas (yes!!), huntsman spiders, & ruby-topaz hummingbird, v. dead. Wow. By Maria Sibylla Merian, born OTD in 1647.
Birthday in the park: Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-17, naturalist and scientific illustrator.....https://t.co/CbUFhoQvvL ......... #illustration #naturalhistory #Entomology
One of 72 engravings based on sketches made during Merian's two years in Surinam, South America. Said Merian, "[The pineapple is] the most outstanding of all edible fruits."
🎨 Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 1, Dissertation in Insect Generations and Metamorphosis in Surinam, 1719
Curiositats sobre la il·lustradora científica Maria Sibylla Merian, via @illustraciencia
https://t.co/PBDPCoyjzu
Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet."
#art #artistsontwitter #illustration
3/3 Agneta Block was a patron of naturalistartist Maria Sibylla Merian, who recorded this pineapple w/ exciting cockroaches in her Insects of Surinam, 1705
Uhhh various doodles of characters since I haven't actually posted here in a literal year lol
We got: Cimmerian, Kaspiare, Marvin, and Azrael ✨
#dragon #furry #art #sketch #digitalart
Learn about Merian in these #ArtHerstory guest posts:
- #MariaSibyllavMerian’s Artistic Entomology, by Kay Etheridge, https://t.co/4ooGfecco4…
- The Protofeminist Insects of Giovanna Garzoni & #MariaSibyllaMerian, by
@emmasteinkraus https://t.co/LuJeK4dlTm
Another side of nature's wonders: guava tree w/ army ants, pink-toed tarantulas (yes!!), huntsman spiders, & ruby-topaz hummingbird, v. dead. Wow. By Maria Sibylla Merian, born OTD in 1647.
Butterflies, by Maria Sibylla Merian, artist and naturalist, born #OTD in 1647.
Birthday in the park: Maria Sybilla Merian, 1647-1717, German-born Swiss naturalist and scientific illustrator........https://t.co/St2fQLsFPH #entomology #botanicalillustration
➤ Aunque ignorada durante mucho tiempo, es considerada como una de las más importantes iniciadoras de la entomología , gracias a sus detalladas observaciones y descripciones, con ilustraciones propias
➤ “Metamorfosis”, Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705,
@NHM_London©
🧶 /FIN
Maria Merian, 1647-1717. First naturalist to record metamorphosis in caterpillars/butterflies. I like her. She liked bugs. What’s not to like?
"Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet."
#MariaSibyllaMerian, pioneering naturalist, botanist, entomologist & scientific illustrator died #OTD in 1717. Fascinated by how caterpillars metamorphosed into butterflies & moths, she created detailed illustrations depicting the life cycles of insects & their food plants.🦋🐛🌼
One of 72 engravings based on sketches made during Merian's two years in Surinam, South America. Said Merian, "[The pineapple is] the most outstanding of all edible fruits."
🎨 Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 1, Dissertation in Insect Generations and Metamorphosis in Surinam, 1719