Sibylla
Americannoun
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A flick of the powder room’s light switch reveals Jennifer Shorto’s Emeralds wallpaper, a kaleidoscopic pattern of bright green scarabs inspired by 17th-century naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian’s drawings.
From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022
It debuted in January 2020, the start of Scientific American’s 175th anniversary year, with a poem by Diane Ackerman about 17th-century scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian.
From Scientific American • Dec. 23, 2020
Records of women’s scientific work from this time are scant; naturalist and illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian’s spectacular drawings of Surinam’s insects are among the rare surviving examples.
From Nature • Oct. 8, 2018
“I don’t know the whole story, and when I called the school, I was told it was under investigation. No other information was given,” said parent Sibylla Nash on Thursday afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2017
This portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian, which appeared on the German five-hundred-Deutschmark bill, is based on the only verified engraving of her.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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