The Linnaeus project

The idea behind this project was awakened as Schmitz encountered texts written by Linnaeus on the sex life of plants. She was fascinated by his poetic language and sense of humour. The project, which eventually lead to her book Linnaues and the Dream of order in nature, highlighted Linnaeus explanation of the sexual life of plants to people in the seventeenth century. For the very first time, Schmitz’s extreme close-ups illustrate Linnaeus complete sexual system and how it was constructed.

The book Linnaeus and the dream of order in Nature was translated into French, English and Japanese.