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Sawbill, Bittern, Heron, and Teal

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Description: Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
~Writing and picturing the history of nature were popular approaches to understanding it during the early modern period. Increased emphasis on observation and experience marked a fresh approach to its study. Scholars and amateurs amassed a wealth of new knowledge of nature by collecting specimens of flora and fauna in the field, gathering images of specimens from...
PublisherHarvard Art Museums
Related print edition pages: pp.185-227
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00097.011

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