The essays below were presented during the conference Exploring Maria Sibylla Merian Symposium in 2014. See the program here. The essays can be seen as a first versions of texts that later appeared in amore developed form the publication Maria Sibylla Merian. Changing the Nature of Art and Science (2022).
The Ecology of the Raupen books
Kay Etheridge, Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, USA
Merian puzzles. Some remarks on publication dates and a portrait by Johannes Thopas
Hans Mulder, Curator Artis Library, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interpreting Merian: Challenges in transcribing her manuscripts – with special attention to Merian’s work for Rumphius’s book on Ambonese rarities
Florence Pieters, Artis Liberary, University of Amsterdam
Merian’s holistic view of the tiny
Katharina Schmidt-Loske, Biohistoricum, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany
Maria Sibylla Merian, Baltasar Scheid and Richard Bradley – some remarks on their letters and on incorrect transcriptions and translations of Merian letters
Brigitte Wirth, Göttingen, Germany
How the Metamorphosis lead to the Portfolio
Joos van de Plas, artist, Helvoirt, The Netherlands
Exploring and Presenting Merian*
Kurt Wettengl, Frankfurt am Main, Dortmund, Germany