Amazing rare things : the art of natural history in the age of discovery
Title:
Amazing rare things : the art of natural history in the age of discovery
Author:
Attenborough, David
Owens, Susan
Clayton, Martin
Alexandratos, Rea
ISBN:
9780300125474
Publication Information:
New Haven, Ct.Yale University Press, c2007
Physical Description:
223 p. : ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes index
Published to accompany exhibitions held Queen's Gallery (Edinburgh) Mar. 2-Sept. 16, 2007 and Queen's Gallery (Buckingham Palace) Mar. 14-Sept. 21, 2007.
Abstract:
Describes the methods by which selected European artists, from Leonardo Da Vinci to Mark Catesby, portrayed the natural world during the Age of Discovery.
Subject:
| Royal Collection (Great Britain) -- Exhibitions |
| Natural history illustration -- Exhibitions |
Summary:
Describes the methods by which selected European artists, from Leonardo Da Vinci to Mark Catesby, portrayed the natural world during the Age of Discovery.