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The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery. Examines the relationship between five masters of the art of natural history and the worlds they chose to portray, from Leonardo's studies of plants and animals to Cassiano dal Pozzo's immense 'Paper Museum', and from the microcosm of an English ga [...]
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The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery. Examines the relationship between five masters of the art of natural history and the worlds they chose to portray, from Leonardo's studies of plants and animals to Cassiano dal Pozzo's immense 'Paper Museum', and from the microcosm of an English garden to the new worlds of the Americas. Includes drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci, Cassiano Dal Pozzo, Alexander Marshall, Maria Sybilla Merian and Mark Catesby.