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The flowering of ecology : Maria Sibylla Merian's caterpillar book /
"The Flowering of Ecology presents an English translation of Maria Sybilla Merian's 1679 'caterpillar' book, Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumen-Nahrung. Her processes in making the book and an analysis of its scientific content are presented in a historical...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2021.
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| Colección: | Emergence of natural history ;
volume 3. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Illustrations
- Part 1 The Flowering of Ecology
- Chapter 1 Before the Transformation
- Introduction
- Art and Science Intertwined
- Insects in Drawings and Manuscripts
- Still Life Painting
- Finding God in Nature
- Natural History of Insects in Printed Works
- Publishing Illustrated Natural History Books
- Studies of Insect Metamorphosis
- Chapter 2 A Life Investigated
- Growing up in Frankfurt am Main
- Early Fascination with Insects
- Marriage and the Move to Nuremberg
- The Flower Books
- Beginnings of the Raupen Books
- Merian's Motivations
- Chapter 3 Described and Painted from Life
- Fieldwork: The Basis of Merian's Empirical Studies
- Laboratory Work
- Merian's Study Journal
- Merian's Other Sources of Information
- Illustrating the Raupen Book
- Composing the Images
- Making the Plates
- Merian's Counterproofs
- Composing the Text
- Financing, Printing and Marketing the Raupen Book
- Chapter 4 For the Benefit of Naturalists
- The Rupsen Books
- The Last Caterpillar Book
- Later Editions and Their Lasting Effects
- Recognition and Reception by Near Contemporaries
- Merian's Influence on Natural History
- Merian's Reputation as a Naturalist
- Part 2 Plates, Translation and Commentary
- Maria Sibylla Merian's Caterpillar Book
- Appendix: Translated Excerpts from Merian's Study Journal
- Bibliography
- Index.