Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery – David Attenborough

Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery is the book by David x that coincides with the exhibition in the Royal Collection in London.

There is a common denominator that links all these artists.  It is the profound joy that all feel who observe the natural world with a sustained and devoted intensity. David David Attenborough

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The Royal Collection, held at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and Holyroodhouse, has been shaped by royal taste over five hundred years. In “Amazing Rare Things”, the collection’s natural history artworks are supplemented by an introduction and commentary by 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 artists and collectors of their time who embraced the natural riches of their ever-expanding world and whose legacies help us to understand our continuing relationship with the natural world.

Links and Further Reading

• The Royal Collection

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