Title: Chrysalis : Maria Sibylla Merian and the secrets of metamorphosis /
Authors: Todd, Kim, 1970-
Publisher: I.B. Tauris,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Merian, Maria Sibylla,; Women naturalists Germany Biography.; Naturalists Germany Biography.; Insects Metamorphosis; Natural history illustrators Germany Biography.; Artists Germany Biography.
Abstract: Before Darwin, before Audubon, before Gilbert White, there was Merian, an artist turned naturalist, known for her botanical illustrations. This work takes us from golden-age Amsterdam to the Surinam tropics to modern laboratories where Merian's insights fuel a fresh branch of biology.