Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery
- ISBN-10
- 030012547X
- ISBN-13
- 9780300125474
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Authors
- Susan Owens, David Attenborough, Martin Clayton
Description
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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