PAPER ZOO/ 500 YEARS OF ANIMALS IN ART

The Paper Zoo traces the varied and vital role of natural history illustration in science and art since the fifteenth century. Sumpt uous images from giants of the genre - such as the birds of John J. Audubon, or the insects of Maria Sybilla Merian - accompany less familiar but equally intriguing illustrations from manuscripts, journals, and rare printed books. Together, these works represent a collection of nature's wonders. Birds, butterflies, insects, mammals, reptiles, and fish were immortalised in print/ pests and curi osities ...[Read more]