frontispiece
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The picture is well known in France as the frontispiece of Rimbaud’s “Poésies Complètes,” which was published posthumously in 1895.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2024
This research will be featured as a frontispiece in the upcoming issue of Advanced Materials and has secured both domestic and international patents.
From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024
After all, even Martin Droeshout’s frontispiece portrait for the First Folio shows a face that looks, to some eyes, like a mask.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023
Recast in vivid color, the frontispiece is enlarged to life-size scale, swapping out a generic female face for a specific one.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2022
The frontispiece for Maria’s caterpillar book features the first caterpillar she ever studied: the silkworm, perched on its host plant of mulberry leaves.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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