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 June 8-September 5, 2010
The power of art to convey truths about the natural world is most evident in depicting creatures living in the sea. Natural history books of the 18th and 19th centuries were illustrated by artists whose task was to convincingly translate the image of a moving animal onto a sheet of paper. Among the classic publications of this era were those devoted to invertebrate zoology – from lavish expedition reports to scientific journals that focused on classification and identification. |
