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Insects and Flowers: The Art of Maria Sibylla Merian

Autor David Brafman, Stephanie Schrader
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 aug 2008
Between 1699-1701, Maria Sibylla Merian travelled to the Dutch colony of Suriname in South America to study the area's unique flora and fauna. Many of the drawings and painting she produced on this trip were published in her "Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname" (1705). This volume reproduces details of sixteen plates from that volume.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780892369294
ISBN-10: 0892369299
Pagini: 52
Ilustrații: 22 color illustrations
Dimensiuni: 114 x 159 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.09 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: Getty Publications
Colecția J. Paul Getty Museum

Recenzii

"The close-ups found in Insects and Flowers reveal, in lush color, the way she captured a whole world on a tropical branch."—Kim Todd, author of Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis

“Authors David Brafman and Stephanie Schrader enlighten readers with a fascinating biography of the artist-scientist and a guide to the identification of the specimens illustrated in her engravings.”—National Garden Clubs, Inc.

Insects and Flowers will have special interest to floral designers and flower lovers.”—BellaOnline.com

Notă biografică

David Brafman is curator of rare books at the Getty Research Institute. Stephanie Schrader is assistant curator of drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum.