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Strange and Wonderful

Strange and Wonderful

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 globe to explore the root of this phenomenon in art"--

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OL Work ID
OL21697421W

Subjects

Animals in artPlants in artExoticism in artNew and old in artExotisme dans l'artAncien et nouveau dans l'art

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