TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pomeroy,Sarah B.
AU  - Kathirithamby,Jeyaraney
ED  - J. Paul Getty Museum,
TI  - Maria Sibylla Merian: artist, scientist, adventurer 
SN  - 9781947440012
AV  - QH31.M45 P66 2018
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - J. Paul Getty Museum
KW  - Merian, Maria Sibylla,
KW  - Women naturalists
KW  - Germany
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Natural history illustrators
KW  - Natural history illustration
KW  - Insects in art
KW  - Flowers in art
KW  - Plants in art
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-93) and index; Growing up with art and nature --; Painter, scientist, wife, mother --; Transforming her life --; Danger, discovery, adventure --; Sharing the wonder; Recommended for primary school (age 6-12) and up
N2  - More advanced readers will be fascinated by this vividly-illustrated biography, which includes resources for teachers along with an excellent glossary. (Miller Library Staff); In 1660, at the age of thirteen, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) began her study of butterfly metamorphosis years before any other scientist published an accurate description of the process. Later, Merian and her daughter ventured thousands of miles from their home in the Netherlands into the rainforests of South America seeking new and amazing insects to observe and illustrate
ER  -