The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science
Joyce Sidman
This visual biography follows Maria Merian, a seventeenth-century German naturalist, entomologist, and artist. It explores her life, her work observing living insects, and her scientific discoveries about metamorphosis. Merian pursued knowledge and insects despite conventions that limited women, documenting what she learned in her art. The book incorporates photographs, maps, archival material, and reproductions of her drawings, including many of her original paintings. Together, these materials connect her artwork with her investigations of insect life.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 2 editions from 3 organizations.
