Book ID: CBB000772794

Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery (2007)

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Attenborough, David (Author)
Owens, Susan (Author)
Clayton, Martin (Author)
Alexandratos, Rea (Author)


Royal Collection


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: 223 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description “Focuses on natural history drawings and watercolors by Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander Marshal, Maria Sibylla Merian, and Mark Catesby, and from the collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo---works all held in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.” (from the publisher)


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Authors & Contributors
Etheridge, Kay
McBurney, Henrietta
Alan H. Brush
F. J. M. Pieters
M.J. Brush
Fairman, Elisabeth R.
Concepts
Science and art
Visual representation; visual communication
Natural history
Scientific illustration
Painters and painting
Nature
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
16th century
15th century
Renaissance
Early modern
Places
Netherlands
South Carolina (U.S.)
Germany
North Carolina (U.S.)
Bahamas
Americas
Institutions
McGill University (Canada)
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