Sunday, July 7, 2013

Maria Sibylla Merian: Google pays tribute to artist-naturalist

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mark the 366th birthday of the German naturalist artist known for his book on insects Surinam

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Google doodle celebrates the birthday of Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), a German who was one of the greatest artist-naturalists of his time and is considered an important influence on the development of entomology.

Merian, born in Frankfurt in the family of a Swiss engraver and publisher, was fascinated by the life cycles of butterflies and their transformations has been the closest school.
  • She became a flower painter and teacher, and at the age of 52, made an expedition to what is now Suriname after she was inspired by exotic plants imported from Dutch colonies of natural history collections in the Netherlands.
  • While in South America, has traveled around the Dutch colony, drawing animals and native plants, but also criticizing the treatment of indigenous and African slaves by the Dutch growers.

Back in Amsterdam two years later, she began working in a lavishly illustrated book, Surinamensium Insectorum Metamorphosis (The metamorphosis of insects Surinam), which represents the life cycles of insects who studied . It was published in 1705, 10 years before she suffered a stroke and was partially paralyzed. He died two years later. Her daughter has published a collection of his works.




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