#Matthias Merian

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717) was the daughter of the printmaker Matthias Merian and the step-daughter of the still-life painter Jacob Marrel.

She was a talented artist who was trained in flower painting by Marrel.

From an early age, she was fascinated by insects and their life cycles and undertook research into the phenomenon of metamorphosis, which was then only partially understood.

She published her findings in a series of books, illustrated with beautifully-composed plates in which each insect life-cycle was illustrated on the appropriate food plant.

In 1699, having encountered exotic insects in the cabinets of natural history collectors in Amsterdam, Merian and her younger daughter Dorothea set sail for Suriname, in South America, which was then a Dutch colony.

There, they studied the life cycles of Surinamese insects until their return to Europe in 1701.

Merian published her Surinamese research as the Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (The Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname) in 1705.

The book was very well-received, and by her death, Merian was well-regarded throughout Europe as both an entomologist and an artist.

[gcldforged]

closed starter ›› @classiqcals ( matthias )

        given  his  quiet  arrival,  desiring  neither  attention or having to play nice with some bourbon yet, there'd been no surprise that he hadn't yet crossed paths with his brother. who would want to stay within the chambers given to their family when they felt more like a cage? timur went searching. the grand halls unfamilar, the very last place he would choose to be. it was a conscious effort to not scowl until he turned a corner and saw matthias.   ❝ there you are. ❞   a small grin tugged at the corners of his lips.   ❝ too busy enjoying the great "wonders" of versailles to greet your own brother? ❞

[bloodycrxwn]

Closed starter for @classiqcals ( Matthias Merian )

Nikolas walked to the Swiss part of the palace, where he felt the safest and most comfortable. There, he was surrounded by people he knew and trusted, unlike the rest of the palace. He knew they were here to make alliances but Nikolas had never been good at that, he was pretty sure he would drive people away from them instead of bringing them in. “Hello brother.” He greeted Matthias with a small smile, as he walked into the common room. “How's your day been?”

[slashcrz]

closed starter for @bloodycrxwn { reina }

It certainly looked as wrong as it felt - a Prince, dressed to the Nines in his military regalia, pinned with medals && stripes, tassels over the shoulders; his hair, even, slicked back, and navy blue sleeves covering the tattoos that plastered his arms. Hardly a man to make an appearance, especially at any officials functions, it was true Matthias was the black sheep of the Merian family; hell, he'd been to jail. A charity ball he'd been ordered to attend, and as he pulled up to the event late as fuck, sporting a biking jacket && helmet, every possible contradiction known to man was written out on his perplexing silhouette in the night... and he wasn't alone. " I thought you were too important for bullshit gigs like this. " Matthias commented, deciding to pull out a cigarette && take his time before entering the hell that was a political && professional party indoors. Galas, especially the benefit kinds, were all a pain in ass; and he forgot his mask, anyway. Lit cigarette met his lips, and he gave a scoff with his exhale. " You seem to think you are, anyway. "

[slashcrz]

of course, when word of a summit for the bourbon's restoration, the celebration and show of strength, reached the merian palace, it created quite the stir. there was definite need for representation, so ahead went the militia, first, to scope things out. leading his own battalion, and acting as a political diplomat of the crown, was matthias. and now - his sister, had finally arrived.

gruff, he stood a tall menace beside her, eyes a shifty blue as he scowled at the french guards. " i have seen far greater. it looks worse on the inside. " always the negative side, matthias tended to remain. his hate for france, for what it took, it bled through to eve his appreciation of the bourbon decadence. but then, eyes looked up, and he could see in a way how she had been entranced. the frown grew.

" come on. i will show you to our apartments, and then to the dining hall, and the best gardens. later, we can go out riding. the pathes in the woods get confusing, but - i drew a map. " matthias had few weaknesses; family, his biggest.

open starter : @francehqstarters

location : the entrance to french court, late evening

the night air was still thick with the heat of the day, as though the sun itself still lingered in the dark sky. it was much warmer here than switzerland, warmer even than england (where she had stopped on the journey over). her first proper time in france, and it was everything she could have imagined - perhaps even greater. staring up at the palace, her eyes were wide with wonder. the humble stone castle she knew to be home paled in comparison to the palace before her. the checkerboard floors, the golden archways and windows taller than the fir trees of home. her late arrival was expected, she had been invited to join her brothers now that it seemed to be safe for her to attent french court and though she had done her best to arrive quietly, there were still a few members of the court standing ready to greet her - she was still a crown princess, after all. "this is magnificent."

[lux-vitae]

Alchemical Illustrations by Matthias Merian for Michael Maier’s Atalanta Fugiens (1617)

[siryl]

Illustration by Matthäus Merian der Ältere for Historiæ Naturalis de Serpentis, Libri I (1653) by Jan Jonston.  The author and illustrator’s names have been Anglicized and Latinized in several different ways, which complicates searching and tagging.

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[blrowanducks-blog]

Atalanta Fugiens or Atalanta Fleeing is an emblem book with an alchemical theme by Michael Maier (1568–1622), published by Johann Theodor de Bry in Oppenheim in 1617 (2nd edition 1618). It consists of 50 discourses with illustrations by Matthias Merian, each of which is accompanied by an epigrammatic verse, prose and a musical fugue. It may therefore be considered an early example of multimedia.

At the bottom is Vulcanus, the next shows Mercurius, the third is the Moon, into the top the sun rises, which is the fire of nature. Let this chain be your commander, that it may guide your hands in art." The lower, elemental fire, whose regulation is the alpha and omega of the work, penetrates all the others and magnetically holds the chain together. Each fire has its own centre and its own movement in the Work, and one affects the other. The lunar and the mercurial fire are menstrua, strong solvents. He calls them dragons, which devour, spur on and transform the serpents of their own sex.

In the illustration (one of fifty) the upper solar fire is the great arcanum, which Paracelsus called the bright "essential fire", in contrast to the dark, elemental fire also necessary for the work (simular to the heat of digestion). This fire is the creative agent in the Work, slow burning and constant. Note the close kinship of the Latin names Sol and Sal. The colors from bottom to top are blue, white, yellow and red.

[taunuswolf]

MEINE VORBILDER, IDOLE, HELDEN ODER MENSCHEN, DIE ICH SEHR SCHÄTZE

Natürlich ist diese Liste nicht vollständig. Sicherlich könnte ich sie um viele Persönlichkeiten erweitern. Besonders bei Künstlern, Schriftstellern, Musikern und Schauspielern kämen sicherlich noch viel mehr bewundernswerte Menschen zusammen, die mein Leben mitbegleitet haben. Bei den eher unbekannten Namen habe ich die Funktion in Klammern daneben geschrieben. Einige Namen sind Legendengestalten oder biblische Figuren, zum Beispiel Heilige (HL). Menschen, die ich zum Beispiel während meiner Zeit als Redakteur oder anderwärtig persönlich kennen gelernt habe, sind zum Beispiel auf der Tumblr-Seite fett gekennzeichnet. Unter der Rubrik (Vormärz) versteht man die frühen Akteure der Demokratiebewegung, die leider nicht zum Zug kamen und stattdessen einem autokratischen System weichen mussten, die als Pseudodemokratie bis heute anhält. Im Klartext: Deutschland verträgt keine echte Opposition.  

A: Jeanne d´Arc, Hannah Arendt, Ernst Moritz Arndt, Bettine von Arnim, AC/DC, Johann Valentin Andreae (Rosenkreuzer), Alexandra (Sängerin), König Arthus, Adele, Hirsi Ali, Charles Aznavour,    

B: Hugo Ball (Schriftsteller), Marianne Bachmeier (Mutter Courage), Sebastian Bach, Gottfried von Bouillon (Kreuzritter), Friedrich Barbarossa, Clemens von Brentano (Dichter), G.L. von Blücher, F.W. von Bülow (Preußische Generäle der Befreiungskriege), Hildegard von Bingen, Beatles, Carl Ludwig Börne (1848ziger), Robert Blum (1848-Rebell), Ludwig van Beethoven, Arnold Böcklin, Max Brodt, David Bowie, Thomas Bernhard, Wilhelm Busch, James Baldwin, M. A. Bakunin (Anarchist), Boetius (Philosoph), Buena vista social Club, Josef Beuys, Samuel Beckett, Sebastian Brandt (Humanist)        

C: Cicero, Paul Celan, Carl von Clausewitz (Oberst Befreiungskriege), Leonard Cohen, M. Caravaggio, John Cassavetes (Regis.), Karl August von Cohausen (Archäologe), Charlotte Corday (Rebellin 1790), Robert Crumb, Eric Clapton, Lowis Corinth, Joe Cocker, N.S. Chruschtschow, Sean Connery.        

D: Denis Diderot (Aufklärer), Albrecht Dürer, Bob Dylan, Carl Theodor von Dalberg (Aufklärer), Dante, Dido (Sängerin), Alexander Dubcek, Doors,    

E: Max Ernst, Hl. Elisabeth, Enya, Eisbrecher (Band), Michael Ende, Umberto Ecco, Joseph von Eichendorff,    

F: Gottfried Fichte, Ernst Fuchs, Friedrich der Große, Georg Forster, Caspar David Friedrich, Fleetwood Mac,  

G: Theo van Gogh, Franzisko de Goya, Gottfried Grabbe, Che Guevara, Siddharta Gautama, Karoline von Günderode (Dichterin), Georges I. Gurdjief (Mystiker), Matthias Grünewald, Artemisia Gentileschi (Malerin), Gandalf, Brüder Grim, Grimmelshausen, Ralf Giordano (Journalist), Green Day (Band), Florian Geyer (Rebellenanführer), A.N. von Gneisenau (General Befreiungskriege), M.S. Gorbatschow.      

H: Hagen, Hermann Hesse, Peter Handke, Hölderlin, Heinrich Heine, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Gottfried Herder, Friedrich Hecker (1848-Rebell), Händel, Villard de Honnecourt (Gotik-Baumeister), Michel Houellebecq, Homer, Herodot, Klaus Heuser (BAB), Gorge Harrison, Andreas Hofer, Johnny Hallyday (Franz. Sänger), Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Werner Herzog, Elmar Hörig (Kultmoderator), Ulrich von Hutten (Humanist), Victor Hugo, Harro Harring (Vormärz),      

I: Jörg Immendorff, Henryk Ibsen, Isaias (Prophet),  

J. Jesus, Johannes der Täufer, Johannes der Evangelist, Jeremia (Prophet), C.G. Jung (Psychologe), Jennies Joplin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (Turnvater)

K: Karl Kraus, Theodor Körner, Franz Kafka, Frida Kahlo, Gustav Klimt, Charlotte von Kalb (Muse), Lee Krasner (Künstlerin), Rainhard Karl (Bergsteiger), Peter Keuer (Grünen-Gründer), Alfred Kubin,  

L: Lukas, John Lennon, David Lynch, Flake Lorenz, Andreas von Lichnowski (1848ziger), Cyprian Lelek (1848ziger), Georg C. Lichtenberg, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Lanzelot, M.V. Llosa (Schriftsteller), Annie Lenox, Königin Luise, Ludwig A.W. von Lützow (Befreiungskriege), M. Lafayette (Fr. Staatsmann und Aufklärer) Franz Liszt, Led Zeppelin, Hanns Lothar (Schauspieler)

M: HL. Maria, HL. Maria Magdalena, Marcus, Matthäus, Matthäus Merian, Maria Sybilla Merian, Amadeus Mozart, Bob Marley, Edward Munch, Claude Monet, Albertus Magnus (Scholastiker), Merlin, Alma Mahler-Werfel (Muse), Meister Eckard (Mystiker), Moody Blues.    

N: HL. Nikolaus, Novalis, V. Nabokov (Schriftsteller), Ningen Isu (Band), Nirvana, Agrippa von Nettesheim (Alchimist), Hannah Nagel (Künstlerin),    

O: Josef Maria Olbrich (Jugendstilbaumeister), Rudolf Otto (Religionswissenschaftler), Oomph (Band), Oasis, Mike Oldfield,  

P: Platon, Plotin, Pythagoras (Philosophen), Jean Paul, Plinius, Parzival, Tom Petty, Daniel Powter, Procol Harum, Pink Floyd,  

Q: Queen,

R:  Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, Josef Roth, Ramstein, Philipp Otto Runge, Ludwig Richter, Rio Reiser, Ritter Roland, Rainer Maria Rilke, Erasmus von Rotterdam, Eric Rohmer, Ulrich Roski (Sänger), Rolling Stones, R.E.M. Lou Reed, Chris Rea, Petra Roth (Ex-OB Frankfurt/M)

S: Johann III Sobieski (polnischer König), Sunzi (chinesischer Philosoph), August Schöltis (Schriftsteller), Lou von Salome (Muse), B. Smetanar, Carlos Santana, Sappho (Dichterin), Schopenhauer, Helmut Schäfer (Staatsminister im Auswärtigen Amt) Sokrates, Egon Schiele, Madame de Stael, August Strindberg, Richard Strauss, Philipp Jacob Siebenpfeiffer (Vormärz), Helmut Schmidt, Subway to Sally (Band), Karl Ludwig Sand (Vormärz)    

T: B. Traven (Schriftsteller), A. P. Tschechov, Ivan Turgenjev, Ludwig Tieck (Romantiker), HL. Judas Thaddäus, Hermes Trismegistos (Philosoph), P.I. Tschaikowski, William Turner, Lars von Trier (Regisseur)  

U: Peter Ustinov, Ludwig Uhland, Siegfried Unseld (Verleger),

V: Luchino Visconti, Leonardo da Vinci, Velvet Underground, Vitruv, Vercingetorix, Francois Villon (Dichter), Walter von der Vogelweide, Robert Vogelmann (Menschenrechtsaktivist)    

W: Wim Wenders, Richard Wagner, Otto Wagner (Jugendstilbaumeister) Wagakki-Band, Sara Wagenknecht, Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosoph), Georg August Wirth (Vormärz),

X: Xhol (Band)    

Y: Neil Young, Yvonne (Aktivistin der Gegenöffentlichkeit)

Z: Heinrich Zille, Carl Zuckmayer, Frank Zappa,  

[blrowanduck]

It seems that 20th century philosophical currents of thought explore mind as a symbol producing substance, able somehow to create a reality from this floating world of interconnected symbols. Symbols, the basis of mind connect in a fashion, anchored by "feeling" so as to rank in some sort of hierarchy.

Jung and others of "like mind" saw patterns in the individual and the collective purporting some fundamental preconcious psychic structures which drive conciousness into predetermined templates.

Alchemy as an imaginal process, explored matter and mind as if they were connected at the root and is fertile ground for exploring mind as a phenomenon. There were stages in the process of refinement imagined as a four or seven step process. Four anchored in the organization of space, and seven anchored in the moving stars. In the four stepped process, each step is associated with a color. Starting with the blackness, then whitness, yellowness and finally redness.

The albedo, the whitening, a kind of ablution, is pictured in Atalanta Fugiens or Atalanta Fleeing  an emblem book by Michael Maier (1568–1622), published by Johann Theodor de Bry in Oppenheim in 1617 (2nd edition 1618). It consists of 50 discourses with illustrations by Matthias Merian, each of which is accompanied by an epigrammatic verse, prose and a musical fugue. It may therefore be considered an early example of multimedia. In plate 33 the albedo is represented visually the hermaphrodite stretched on a bier under the sign of the new Moon and the eclisped Sun. The motto reads, "The hermaphrodite, lying in darkness like a dead creature, is in need of the fire". As evidenced by reference to Bonellus in the text, the illustration refers to the 32nd sermon of the Turba Philosophorum which reads: "Bonellus: ... "But sons of the doctrine, that substance will need fire, until the spirit of its body is transformed and sent away through the nights, like a man in his grave becomes dust. When this happens, the immortal principle of becoming will give back to the body its soul and its spirit. Now strengthened and improved by its decomposition is resurrected. So it is necessary, sons of the doctrine, to consume by fire the substance (mind) until it becomes ashes that are lightened by the heavenly dew. And consider artists that are unable to paint with their own tincture until they are ground into powder. The same with images in stone, so I advise you to burn up the body (ego) to ashes, then wash away the blackess to form a new body."

[willfredo247]

I’ve been commissioned to create a series of 3D prints for this group exhibition at the Ludwig Forum in Aachen, west Germany. Opening 21 Feb 2019.

More info:

The exhibition Lust der Täuschung. From ancient art to virtual reality, the wide-ranging panorama is dedicated to the most diverse aesthetic forms of appearance of illusion, illusion and simulation. With around 100 works from four millennia, the exhibition presents fascinating examples from the fields of painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, immersive and interactive media art, augmented and virtual reality (AR / VR), applied art and design. It thus offers a highly entertaining course through the (art) history of illusion and simulation. In times of fake news, alternative realities and a general uncertainty about our idea of ​​reality, the show stimulates a highly topical discourse.

Artists in the Exhibition:

Laurie Anderson & Hsin-Chien Huang, Tim Berresheim, Manuel Boden, Louis-Léopold Boilly, Mark Boyle, Julius Brauckmann, Cornelis Brisé, Franz Buchholz, Henri Cadiou, Vija Celmins, Oliver Cieslik & Barbara Schenk, Chuck Close, Edwaert Collier, Daniel Crooks, Matthew Day Jackson, Jacques de Gheyn II, John De Andrea, Thomas Demand, Melchior d´Hondecoeter, Jan Dibbets, Jim Dine, Pierre Ducordeau, Sam Durant, Don Eddy, Anna Ehrenstein, Rainer Eisch, Mona el Gammal, Richard Estes, De Scott Evans, Firma Kraus, Walchenbach & Peltzer, Daniel Firman, Sylvie Fleury, Ceal Floyer, Will Fredo, Tom Früchtl, Pierre Gilou, Robert Gober, Duane Hanson, Jeppe Hein, Oliver Herring, Lynn Hershman, Leeson, Bastian Hoffmann, Suse Itzel, Christian Jankowski, Karl-Heinz Jeiter, Howard Kanovitz, Alexander Kluge, Thomas Lambertz, Constantin Leonhard, Auguste & Louis Lumière, Emmanuel Maignan, Manufaktur Choux, Niderviller, Straßburg, Lucy McKenzie, Georges Méliès, Matthäus Merian d. Ä., Roland Mertens, Philipp Messner, Monogrammist CMK, Vik Muniz, Jud Nelson, Till Nowak, Evan Penny, Markus Raetz, Hans Peter Reuter, Gerhard Richter, Randall Rosenthal, John Rummelhoff, Andreas Slominski, Monika Sosnowska, Nancy Stevenson Graves, Elaine Sturtevant, Akihiko Taniguchi, Toast VR, Michael Triegel, James Turrell, Lina Uchida, Ron van der Ende, Han van Meegeren, Jens Volbach, Andy Warhol, Julia Weißenberg, Matthias Wollgast, Liu Ye

Curator Team Aachen: Andreas Beitin and Annette Lagler

Curatorial Assistant: Dominik Bönisch

Exhibition assistance: Marie Gentges

http://ludwigforum.de/event/lust-der-taeuschung/

[svenson777]

Ouroboros. In: MICHAEL MAIER, "Atalanta Fugiens", 1617 >> > Original title: Atalanta Fugiens, hoc est, Emblemata Nova de Secretis Naturae Chymica, Accommodata partim oculis et intellectui, figuris cupro incisis, adjectisquesententiis, Epigrammatis et notis, partim auribus & recreationi animi plus minus 50 Fugis Musicalibus trium Vocum, quarum duae ad unam simplicem melodiam distichis canendis peraptam, correspondeant, non absq; singulari jucunditate videnda, legenda, meditanda, intelligenda, dijudicanda, canenda et audienda. > Illustrator: Matthias Merian > Publisher: Johann Theodor de Bry, > Printed by: Hieronymus Galler > Publication date: 1617

[slashcrz]

( alexander ludwig , 28 , he/him , cis man , merian 4 ) - have you seen MATTHIAS MERIAN?  we’ve heard through the grapevine that they’re PROTECTIVE but also DESTRUCTIVE. when you think of them , you think of GOLDEN FLAMES FLICKERING IN CRUMBLING CHAPELS, DISTANT SOUNDS OF COMBAT && THE FEELING OF SNOWFALL, CRIMSON AGAINST ICE, A SNEER TO HIDE A HIDDEN HEART.

TWs; violence, war, miscarriage, death, loss, blood mention/injury mentions, religious themes.

name; matthias merian.

nicknames; none.

birth date; april 11th, an aries

orientation; heterosexual

relationship; single, one former marriage, annulled.

politics; fuck the french, war is the only way to protect one's self && nation, trust no one.

religion; struggling within his faith; used to be a devout catholic, now feels he doesn't know what to believe.

languages; tba.

headcanons && backstory.

the beginning of his story is one full of family, laughter, joy, and activity. long nights spent in the church, a head ducked in prayer, chasing his siblings around the training grounds; teasing his youngest brother, finding lizards to spook his sister, eating persimmons from the trees in the horse yards. he'd always been strong, climbing trees as soon as he could walk, and never balking at a skinned knee. when matthias first grabbed a sword, later a musket, he realized he was a proficient fighter - and balanced his time between church && prayer, and fighting && training. he was one of the best; brutal, a force to reckon with, and took on the hope to be a defender. switzerland trained a powerful army NOT for themselves, but to help others in need, to assist others during wartime. love came swiftly, or some form of it. maybe it was never meant for more than just a crush in the gardens, a laugh after a first kiss, but she was a perfect puzzle piece to what matthias thought his life would be. a wedding followed quickly- they'd courted only a year, and as a new badge was pinned to his uniform, matthias wondered if he was on the top of the world. but then france attacked, and only sweden answered their call for help. switzerland was left largely on their own, but had the forces to defend themselves. the battle was brutal, and it thinned their army, it changed the lives of his family, even for his sweet younger brother, now broken from the sight of the horrors of a battlefield washed in blood. matthias was full of anger; he had hate in his heart, and nowhere to put it. god had betrayed switzerland. his father had died. his friends had died. matthias lost his faith, he lost his way, and he found himself growing cold && harsh under the weight of his anger. romance fizzled out quickly with he && his wife after switzerland pulled through their victory, and he returned home. he was too angry now to remember to be a good husband, and though he was never abusive... he was absent, he was cold, his heart had closed, and she found herself falling into deep unhappiness. matthias did not even realize that she written to the pope, to request an annulment. it was granted only when the prince departed from the church in a raging outburst, cursing god && his followers, shouting in the middle of the chapel his grief, his anger towards the sky, calling their priest a fool. he was marked as haunted, a man who had lost his god, and she was given permission to divorce him without fault. he did not know until after she left, that during the months since he had been home, his wife had been with child, but had lost it in the night while he was gone, bitching in a cavern with his valets about the woes of the world. their marriage was a three-year ordeal, and when she left, his home stayed dark && empty && alone until matthias moved back into the swiss palace from his estate, and took up his place within the militia once more.

[triste-le-roy]

Title page to Michael Maier’s Atalanta Fleeing (art by Matthias Merian, 1617 CE).

(via Wikipedia)

[siryl]

Copperplate engraving of a salamander by Matthäus Merian for Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier, ca. 1618.  It’s one of those public domain images you see everywhere.

Note that the artist's forename is often Latinized or Anglicized, so different sources call him "Matthaeus," "Matthias," "Mathias," or "Matthew."  His surname is sometimes also Latinized to "Merianus."  The title "the Elder" can be given as "der Ältere" or simply left out.  This sort of thing can make research tedious.

[sakrogoat]

Michael Maier - Atalanta Fugiens