Maria Sibylla Merian - Wettengl, Kurt.
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At the young age of thirteen, Maria Sibylla Merian had already begun her systematic entomological research with a study of the silk worm, a description of which opens her second book, entitled Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung ... (The Caterpillar's Wondrous Metamorphosis ...). Motivated by reports on the flora and fauna of Surinam published by missionaries of the pietistic Labadist church, which she joined in 1685, she undertook a perilous journey to the tropics. Following her return home, she had her insect studies - life-sized drawings of insects on parchment - engraved in copper, adding descriptions of each species and its habitat. Four editions of these large-format engravings were published between 1719 and 1771. The epochal accomplishment of the painter, engraver and naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian is to be found in the artistic perfection of her presentation of the results of meticulous entomological research, decades before the appearance of Linn?'s Systema Naturae in 1735.
Following the seminal studi...
Following the seminal studi...
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2002Uitgever: Hatje Cantz Verlag276 paginasTaal: DuitsISBN-10: 3775712267ISBN-13: 9783775712262Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original pictorial boards, numerous colour and b/w illustrations (including photographs), 4to.; Edge top spine slightly damaged. [Auteur: Wettengl, Kurt] [Pagina's: 275] [Taal: de] [Uitgever: Ostfildern-Ruit : Hatje Cantz] [Jaar: 2007] [Titel: Maria Sibylla Merian 1647-1717: Künstlerin und Naturforscherin]
