Thursday, 22 February 2018

Research

Maria Sibylla Merian



Merian was a naturalist and scientific illustrator that created fascinating botanical illustrations. Some of her most renown work is from her trip to Suriname on the north eastern cost of South America. Her illustrations stand out to me because she often drew plants and the insects that fed on them and their metamorphic stages of life, and she was the first person to do so. 

Really good reference material for this project. 


Related imageBranch of west Indian cherry with Achilles morpho butterfly (1702-03)

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