Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Maria Sibylla Merian: Inspired her love of nature and art in her daughters

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Maria Sibylla Merian: Inspired her love of nature and art in her daughters

Google today is celebrating the 366th birthday of Maria Sibylla Merian with a homepage doodle that honors the artist and naturalist. The Google logo is spelled out with vines and stems attached to the various creatures that Merian studied and painted.

Celebrating the 366th birthday of naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian, Google has posted a doodle on its homepage. The doodle features caterpillars, chrysalises, moths, butterflies and a green iguana in

She would have celebrated her 366th birthday today. Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717) was a Swiss naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and painted them in fantastic detail.

As previously reported, Google started showing a doodle in honor of naturalist and illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian in parts of the world where it was already April 2nd. Currently that the date has changed in the rest of the world,

German-born Maria Sibylla Merian is known for both her plant and animal illustrations. As a botanic artist, Merian in print three collections of plant engraving from 1675 to 1680. Shortly after that, Merian started to examine

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