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Merian's Antique Botanical Prints (Dover Electronic Clip Art) (CD-ROM and Book) Paperback – March 8, 2005
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- Print length48 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherDover Publications
- Publication dateMarch 8, 2005
- Dimensions8.25 x 0.25 x 10.75 inches
- ISBN-100486996646
- ISBN-13978-0486996646
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- Publisher : Dover Publications (March 8, 2005)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 48 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0486996646
- ISBN-13 : 978-0486996646
- Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 8.25 x 0.25 x 10.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,767,117 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,205 in Graphic Design Clip Art (Books)
- #45,324 in Art History & Criticism (Books)
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Maria Sibylla Merian was a 17th century naturalist and artist. Her work examines insects and botanicals from a scientfic perspective, so although aesthetics are certainly a concern (and her drawings are truly remarkable in that respect), so are things like metamorphosis and rot. She was studying specimens of the natural world as well as drawing them. As a result, the pictures in here do indeed have insects crawling all over and sometimes eating fruits and flowers (which are sometimes decaying). If you like Merian's work, then these are faithful reproductions (although her illustrations are of course better in color!)
If you are considering this product to use the clip art for something like DIY wedding invitations or for decorating a Mother's Day picture frame or something, then the one-star reviewer is right--the drawings are probably a little too creepy-crawly. If you want just nice botanical drawings and flower clip-art, I recommend the big clip-art book simply titled "Plants," with the green title banner.
The images are crisp, detailed, saturated and lovely.
