Strange and wonderful : exotic flora and fauna in image and imagination / Karen Polinger Foster.
2020
N7660 .F67 2020
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Title
Strange and wonderful : exotic flora and fauna in image and imagination / Karen Polinger Foster.
ISBN
9780190672560 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
N7660 .F67 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
704.9432
Summary
Ever since the creation of the world's first zoological and botanical gardens 5000 years ago, people have collected, displayed, and depicted animals and plants from lands far beyond their everyday experience. This text offers a richly illustrated journey across millennia and around the globe to explore the root of this phenomenon in art.
Note
Ever since the creation of the world's first zoological and botanical gardens 5000 years ago, people have collected, displayed, and depicted animals and plants from lands far beyond their everyday experience. This text offers a richly illustrated journey across millennia and around the globe to explore the root of this phenomenon in art.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 9, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9780190672539
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