Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Book

Author:

Attenborough, David, 1926- author.

Title:

Amazing rare things : the art of natural history in the age of discovery / David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton and Rea Alexandratos.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

223 pages : illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

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.

Subjects:

Royal Collection (Great Britain) -- Exhibitions.

Natural history illustration.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Other Author:

Owens, Susan. author.

Clayton, Martin, 1967- author.

Alexandratos, Rea. author.

Royal Collection (Great Britain)

Queen's Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Queen's Gallery (London, England)

Notes:

"The eighty-seven watercolours considered here come from ... the Royal Collection"--Foreword.

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index.

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.

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Table of contents

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

LCCN:

2006938185

ISBN:

9780300125474

030012547X

Other Number:

154689040

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

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1

Control Number:

205674

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Call Number:

508.0222 Attenbor