Amazing rare things : the art of natural history in the age of discovery
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Amazing rare things : the art of natural history in the age of discovery
Kales Press in association with the Royal Collection, c2009
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Originally published to accompany exhibitions of watercolors from the Royal Collection, which took place at Queen's Gallery (Edinburgh) and at Queen's Gallery (Buckingham Palace) in 2007
Originally published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-219) and index
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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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