Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery - Brossura

Attenborough, David; Owens, Susan; Clayton, Martin; Alexandratos, Rea

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ISBN 10: 030021572X ISBN 13: 9780300215724

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2015

Riassunto

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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L'autore:

David Attenborough, a pioneer of the nature documentary, has written and presented nine major television series on virtually every aspect of life on Earth. Susan Owens was formerly Assistant Curator of Paintings and Drawings for Royal Collection Trust and is now an independent art historian. Martin Clayton is Head of Prints and Drawings for Royal Collection Trust and Rea Alexandratos is Dal Pozzo Project Co-ordinator for Royal Collection Trust.

Product Description:

The Royal Collection, held at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, and Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, has been shaped by the personal tastes of kings and queens for more than five hundred years. The Collection s exquisite natural history artworks in Amazing Rare Things is supplemented by an introduction and commentary from Sir David Attenborough. This exploration of the natural world from the late fifteenth century to the early eighteenth century represents a period when European knowledge of the world was transformed by voyages of discovery to the farthest reaches of Africa, Asia, America, and beyond. Included are works by Leonardo da Vinci and other foremost artists and collectors of their time who embraced the natural riches of their ever-expanding world and whose legacies help us better understand today our continuing relationship with the natural world."

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• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 030021572X
• ISBN 13: 9780300215724
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 223