STITCHES, SPECIMENS, AND PICTURES Maria Sibylla Merian and the Processing of the Natural World

By all accounts, including those written during her own lifetime, Maria Sibylla Merian was a remarkable woman who led an extraordinary life. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1647 into the eminent artistic and publishing family of Matthäus Merian the Elder, Maria Sibylla demonstrated an early passion a...

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Published inThe Insect and the Image p. 139
Main Author JANICE NERI
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Minnesota Press 23.11.2011
EditionNED - New edition
Subjects
Animal anatomy
Animal development
Animal physiology
Animals
Applied arts
Art genres and movements
Art history
Arthropods
Arts
Beetles
Biological sciences
Biology
Botany
Butterflies
Caterpillars
Coleoptera
Commercial art
Developmental biology
Developmental stages
Embroidery
Growth and development
Illustration
Insect development
Insect physiology
Insects
Invertebrates
Larvae
Manual arts
Metamorphosis
Needlework
Plants
Sewing
Stitches
Textile art
Zoology
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Summary:By all accounts, including those written during her own lifetime, Maria Sibylla Merian was a remarkable woman who led an extraordinary life. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1647 into the eminent artistic and publishing family of Matthäus Merian the Elder, Maria Sibylla demonstrated an early passion and talent for the subjects that would come to dominate her professional life. As a child she was fascinated by insects, and she raised silkworms in order to observe the stages of their development. She received artistic training in the workshop of her stepfather Jacob Marrel, where she became skilled in the depiction of
ISBN:0816667640
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