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back to news index ..... Amazing Rare Things - Exciting exhibition at the Queen's Gallery
The exhibition, which opens on 14th March 2008, has been selected from the collections in the Royal Library by Royal Collection curators in collaboration with the distinguished naturalist and broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough.
A celebration of the profound joy that all feel who observe the natural world, the exhibition will also be accompanied by a book ‘Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery’, by Sir David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton and Rea Alexandratos, published by Royal Collection Publications.
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An extraordinary exhibition, recently shown in Edinburgh at the Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, is now set to be shown at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
The exhibition will bring together the work of four artists and a collector who have shaped our knowledge of the world around us. Leonardo da Vinci, Cassiano dal Pozzo, Alexander Marshal, Maria Sibylla Merian and Mark Catesby are diverse figures who shared a passion for enquiry and a fascination with the beautiful and bizarre in nature. All lived at a time when new species were being discovered around the world in ever increasing numbers. Many of the plants and animals represented in the exhibition were then barely known in Europe.
The exhibition will run until 28th September, 2008. The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, is open daily 10.00am to 17.30, closed 21st March 2008. Advanced tickets, opening times and admission details can be obtained by logging onto: Buy Online
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