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From an early age, Maria Sibylla Merian forged her own path in art and science. Born in 1647 in Frankfurt, she was the daughter of engraver Matthäus Merian, and following his death trained with her stepfather, still-life painter Jacob Marrel. It was her self-taught scholarship in the life cycles of insects, however, that set her work apart. Merian’s vivid illustrations portrayed insects in their habitats, showing the link between their lives and the plants in their environments. 
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Circling Birdies by Cheko, Granada Spain
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Much of the image we have of life in Japan in the 17th through the 19th century, we have because of woodblock prints, or specifically ukiyo-e, or "pictures of the floating world," which vividly capture a great variety of scenes and the people who inhabited them. The once-closed-off Japan has changed a great deal since that era, on most levels even more so than other countries, and the artistic portrayals of Japanese life have also multiplied enormously.
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