Insects & flowers
Subtitle: the art of Maria Sibylla Merian
By: David Brafman, Stephanie Schrader.
Contributors: Brafman, David, 1955-; Schrader, Stephanie.
Publisher: J . Paul Getty Museum
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780892369294
Subjects: Merian, Maria Sibylla, -- 1647-1717. -- Illustrations; Insects -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800; Insects -- Suriname -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800; Biological illustration -- Early works to 1800; Flowers in art -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Illustrations.; Pictorial works; Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Insects and flowers
Description: "The artist and scientist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was born in Frankfurt, Germany, into a middle-class family of publishers and artists. With her meticulous depictions of insect metamorphosis, she raised the standards of natural history illustration and helped give birth to the field of entomology. This book reproduces vivid color details of sixteen plates from the Getty's copy, is a vibrant encapsulation of Merian's book and features an engaging essay on Merian's life and work as well as an insect and plant identification guide."--[product description].
Notes: "Full-scale details reproduced from hand-colored transfer prints in the second edition of Maria Sibylla Merian's Metamorphosis of the insects of Suriname"--p. [5].