Maria Sibylla Merian : artist, scientist, adventurer / Sarah B. Pomeroy and Jeyaraney Kathirithamby.

• Growing up with art and nature -- Painter, scientist, wife, mother -- Transforming her life -- Danger, discovery, adventure -- Sharing the wonder.

• In 1660, at the age of thirteen, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) began her study of butterfly metamorphosis years before any other scientist published an accurate description of the process. Later, Merian and her daughter ventured thousands of miles from their home in the Netherlands into the rainforests of South America seeking new and amazing insects to observe and illustrate. 

Ämnesord

Blommor i konsten  (sao)

Växter i konsten  (sao)

Naturhistoriker  (sao)

Natural history illustrators.  (LCSH Children)

Natural history illustration.  (LCSH Children)

Insects in art.  (LCSH Children)

Flowers in art.  (LCSH Children)

Plants in art.  (LCSH Children)

Women naturalists  -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. (LCSH)

Natural history illustrators  -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. (LCSH)

Flowers in art.  (fast)

Natural history illustration.  (fast)

Natural history illustrators.  (fast)

Plants in art.  (fast)

Women naturalists.  (fast)

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars.  (bisacsh)

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology.  (bisacsh)

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women.  (bisacsh)

Malerei  (gnd)

Naturdarstellung  (gnd)

Women naturalists  -- Biography. (lcsh/csh)

Naturalists  (LCSH)

Flowers in art  (LCSH)

Plants in art  (LCSH)

Germany.  (fast)

1600-1799  (fast)

Genre

Biographies.  (fast)

Biography.  (fast)

History.  (fast)

Juvenile works.  (fast)

Biographies.  (lcgft)

Personnamn

Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717

Klassifikation

QH31.M45 (LCC)

508.092 (DDC)

42.05 (bcl)

U (kssb/8 (machine generated))