Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery
- ISBN-10
- 0979845629
- ISBN-13
- 9780979845628
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Kales Press
- Author
- David Attenborough
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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- 2007-01-01
- 223 pages
- Paperback
- Yale University Press
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