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| Birds: Mini Edition: The Art of Ornithology | 
 enlarge | Author: Jonathan Elphick
Creator: Robert Dr Prys-jones
Publisher: Rizzoli
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Sales Rank: 79695
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 6.1 x 5.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0847831345
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.0222
EAN: 9780847831340
ASIN: 0847831345
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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Product Description
This breathtaking collection of important and beautiful ornithological art from London’s Natural History Museum traces its development from the Renaissance through the scientific approach favored in the Age of Exploration. Included are brilliantly reproduced artworks by the world’s great naturalists and scientists such as Audubon and Humboldt, along with the legion of Victorian explorers who catalogued the world’s avifauna before photography finally prevailed as the primary means of recording the natural world. The lively and informative text tells how ornithological art grew out of the naturalistic tradition of European painting to become a genre of its own where the artist’s focus on aesthetics was married to the scientist’s need for precision and detail. Weaving together science, art history, biography, and travel, it paints a wondrous picture of a bygone world of artist-scientists, exotic birds, and faraway lands, making it truly the perfect gift for anyone who loves vintage prints and drawings or has an interest in nature or birding.
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