Strange and wonderful : exotic flora and fauna in image and imagination / Karen Polinger Foster.

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"Ever since the creation of the world's first zoological and botanical gardens 5,000 years ago, people have collected, displayed, and depicted animals and plants from lands far beyond their everyday experience. Strange and Wonderful offers a richly illustrated journey across millennia and around the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foster, Karen Polinger, 1950- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Animals in art.
Plants in art.
Exoticism in art.
New and old in art.
Physical Description:xiv, 211 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 27 cm
Format: Book

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