Events: detail
The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery
- Hosted by:
- The Royal Collection
- Speaker:
- None listed
- Starts:
- March 14, 2008 at 10:00 am
- Ends:
- September 28, 2008 at 06:30 pm
- Location:
- The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1A 1AA United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
This extraordinary exhibition has been selected from the collections of the Royal Library in collaboration with the distinguished naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. It brings together the works of four artists and a collector who have shaped our knowledge of the world around us. Leonardo da Vinci, Cassiano dal Pozzo, Alexander Marshal, Maria Sibylla Merian and Mark Catesby are diverse figures who shared a passion for enquiry and a fascination with the beautiful and bizarre in nature. All lived at a time when new species were being discovered around the world in ever increasing numbers. Many of the plants and animals represented in the exhibition were then barely known in Europe. Today some are commonplace, while others are extinct.
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- No
For more information
- Contact person:
- Ticket Sales and Information Office, The Official Residences of The Queen
- Phone:
- 020 7766 7301
- Email:
- bookinginfo [ at ] royalcollection.org.uk
- Website:
- The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery
