The Flowering of Ecology
The Flowering of Ecology presents an English translation of Maria Sibylla 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 context. Merian raised insects for five decades, recording the food plants, behavior and ecology of roughly 300 species. Her most influential invention was an 'ecological' composition in which the metamorphic cycles of insects (usually moths and butterflies) were arrayed around plants that served as food for the caterpillars. Kay Etheridge analyzes the 1679 caterpillar book from the viewpoint of a biologist, arguing that Merian’s study of insect interactions with plants, the first of its kind, was a formative contribution to natural history.
Read Kay Etheridge’s blogpost on “Art Herstory”.
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Kay Etheridge Ph.D. (1986), University of Florida, is a Professor of Biology at Gettysburg College. She has published articles and book chapters on physiological ecology and on the influence of images in the history of biology.
Foreword
Brian Ogilvie
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
part 1: The Flowering of Ecology
1 Before the Transformation
Introduction
Art and Science Intertwined
Drawings/Manuscripts
Still Life Painting
Finding God in Nature
Natural History of Insects in Printed Works
Publishing Illustrated Natural History Books
Studies of Metamorphosis
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
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 of Her Book
Financing, Printing and Marketing the Raupen Book
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: Translation of Selected Entries from Maria Sibylla Merian’s Study Journal
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Emergence of Natural History ; 3 |
| Zusatzinfo | 133 Illustrations, color; 2 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 849 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-28479-6 / 9004284796 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-28479-1 / 9789004284791 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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