An edition of Amazing rare things: the art of natural history in the age of discovery
(2007)
Amazing rare things
the art of natural history in the age of discovery
Trade pbk. ed.
by David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton, and Rea Alexandratos
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Describes the methods by which selected European artists, from Leonardo Da Vinci to Mark Catesby, portrayed the natural world during the Age of Discovery.
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Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery
2015, Yale University Press
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Amazing rare things: the art of natural history in the age of discovery
2009, Kales Press in association with the Royal Collection
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Amazing rare things: the art of natural history in the age of discovery
2009, Kales Press, In association with the Royal Collection
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Amazing rare things: the art of natural history in the age of discovery
2007, Royal Collection, ROYAL COLLECTION
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Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery
October 28, 2007, Yale University Press
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AMAZING RARE THINGS: THE ART OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE AGE OF DISCOVERY; DAVID ATTENBOROUGH...ET AL.
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Foreword / Jane Roberts
Picturing the natural world / David Attenborough
Leonardo da Vinci : "All the works of Nature which adorn the world" / Martin Clayton
The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo : "With the true eye of a lynx" / Rea Alexandratos
Alexander Marshal : "His curious booke of flowers in miniature" / Susan Owens
Maria Sibylla Merian : "Great diligence, grace and spirit" / Susan Owens
Mark Catesby : " A genius for natural history" / Susan Owens.
Edition Notes
Originally published to accompany exhibitions of watercolors from the Royal Collection, which took place at Queen's Gallery (Edinburgh) and at Queen's Gallery (Buckingham Palace) in 2007.
Originally published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
Previous ed. catalogued under Attenborough.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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