Title: Chrysalis
First published: 2007
Description: 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.
Subjects: Natural history, Metamorphosis, Women naturalists, Insects, Biography, History, Insectes, Métamorphose, Naturalists, Artists, Artists, germany, Artists, biography, Naturalistes, Biographies, Artistes, Femmes naturalistes, Natural history illustrators, Botanical artists
Places: Europe, Germany
People: Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)
Time periods: 17th century
LC classification: QH31.M4516 T63 2007