Peter Mason has written and lectured widely in the field of the history of art and visual culture. His books include Before Disenchantment: Images of Exotic Animals and Plants in the Early Modern World and The Whale Book, both published by Reaktion Books.
3 Ebooks por Mason Peter Mason
Mason Peter Mason: Colossal
Peter Mason takes a bold, multidisciplinary approach in this account of the idea of the colossal in culture. He gathers instances of the colossal throughout history-including the obelisks of Egypt, t …
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Juan Pimentel: Rhinoceros and the Megatherium
One animal left India in 1515, caged in the hold of a Portuguese ship, and sailed around Africa to Lisbon-the first of its species to see Europe for more than a thousand years. The other crossed the …
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Mason Peter Mason: Ulisse Aldrovandi
A critical biography of the early modern Italian naturalist. The Bolognese naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi was a prolific writer, learned polymath, and prodigious collector who amassed the largest colle …
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