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Printed illustration of a flea.

Micrographia

Discovering a Hidden Universe and Creating Science

Color illustration of a plant with narrow palmate green leaves. Some of the leaves have holes in the center or rips near at the margin. The plant has a moth resting on a leaf and a moth flying near the stem. The plant has a larva resting on a stem and a cocoon attached to a stem. A large black yellow and red larva rests on a leaf. A cocoon rests on the stem and on a swollen root. A moth flies near the plant. A snake coils around the plant.

Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname

Merian discovered and shared new scientific information about insects, changing the way Europeans thought about entomology and ecology

Color illustration of a plant with large green leaves and small flowers. Above the plant is a close up of a brown cylinder.

A Curious Herbal

In creating and publishing her scientific illustrations, Blackwell made important contributions to the medical field.

A pink lotus flower with fish swimming in the background.

Lotus

Use the elements of art to guide you as you look closely at lotuses and explore how different artists have been inspired by lotuses.

Black velvet cap in the shape of a pointed oval, with beadwork in blue, white, green, yellow, and red forming flowers and stems all over; made by a Haudenosaunee woman.

Niagara Hat

How do our cultural values affect the way we view and create art?

Lamp with rounded metal decorative leaves at the base and eighteen orange glass bulb covers in the shape of lily flowers.

Tiffany Glass

Tiffany’s Glassworks: Light, Color, Change, and Innovation

A skeleton and elephant viewed from the front. The background is of trees, shrubs, and rocks.

Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body

This collaborative effort between an anatomist and an artist revolutionized people’s understanding of the human body.

Nature as Artistic Inspiration

How are artists inspired by nature? How do artists combine observation and imagination to create artwork? 

Nature as Art and Artist

Does art need to be made by humans to be considered art? Is nature art? Can natural processes create art? 

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