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Maria Sibylla Merian 1647-1717: Künstlerin und Naturforscherin

Door Kurt Wettengl

Categorie
Grafiek & Tekeningen
Boeknummer
#337419-WC6
Titel
Maria Sibylla Merian 1647-1717: Künstlerin und Naturforscherin
Auteur
Wettengl, Kurt
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
Ostfildern-Ruit : Hatje Cantz
Jaar van uitgave
2007
ISBN10
3775712267
ISBN13
9783775712262
Taal
Duits
Beschrijving
Original pictorial boards, numerous colour and b/w illustrations (including photographs), 4to.
Samenvatting

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 Ma... (Lees verder)ria 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.\n\nFollowing the seminal studies by Elisabeth R? cker, this publication is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of Maria Sibylla Merian. It focuses not only on her artistic and scientific achievements but on her role as a publisher and entrepreneur as well. New material on the life and work of this extraordinary artist is provided in the form of unpublished letters and 40 previously unpublished water-colors from her St. Petersburg sketchbook. (German edition available ISBN 3-7757-1226- 7)
Pagina's
275
Conditie
Goed — Edge top spine slightly damaged.
Prijs
€ 15,00

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