Maria Sibylla Merian Livres

An enchanting collection of flora and fauna illustrations by Germany's famous woman artist Maria Sibylla Merian.

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Edited by Kurt Wettengl. Texts by Sam Segal, Heidrun Ludwig and Elisabeth Rucker among others. This book is the first to comprehensively chronicle the exquisitely rendered work of Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), the German-born naturalist who is recognized as perhaps the greatest scientific and botanical illustrator of all time, and whose life was one of extraordinary independence, self-reliance, and accomplishment. The daughter of a prominent publisher, she was drawn at an early age to the study of insects, and as a teenager began a systematic study of the then-little-known subject of butterflies. Precociously gifted, she received training in art from her stepfather, who had been a student of the first German still life painter. Her lepidopteran preoccupation would eventually take her to the Dutch colony of Surinam, where she made taxonomies of that locale's exotic specimens. Her depictions of the butterfly metamorphosis have long been admired by scholars and art lovers alike. An entrepreneur, Merian taught art to women, traded in insects and reptiles she preserved herself, and published books of her detailed engravings and watercolors.

Fine-line images of roses, butterflies, tulips, caterpillars, and other specimens of plant and insect life in elegant full-page compositions. These plates are considered among the finest achievements of a great age of floral painting and the engraver's art. Reprinted from the classic, influential works of the famed artist/entomologist Merian (1647–1717). New English captions.

This lovely book is inspired by Maria Sibylla Merian's beautiful studies of insect metamorphosis. An intrepid and gifted artist, Merian travelled to Suriname in 1699 to undertake research into the flora and fauna of the country. These vibrant illustrations are luxury versions of plates from the book which Merian published on her return. Prized for their combination of artistic skill and scientific rigour they were acquired by George III and are now part of the Royal Collection. We present Merian's artworks alongside individual black-and-white outlines, so that you can enjoy colouring these gorgeous images for yourself. This paperback book has 96 pages and 28 x 22.5 x 0.7cm

Der Ausstellungskatalog gibt Einblick in Leben und Werk Maria Sibylla Merians und stellt neun europäische Schmetterlingsarten vor, die am Anfang von Merians wissenschaftlichem Interesse standen.

Es ginge von diesem Buch kein solcher Zauber aus, wenn nicht auch in ihm bereits die große Kunst Maria Sibyllas sichtbar würde, die Natur beseelt wiederzugeben.