Rare and wondrous
Subtitle: birds in art and culture, 1620-1820
By: Paula Reich
Contributors: Reich, Paula, author
Publisher: Toledo Museum of Art
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Toledo, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9780935172614
Subjects: Exhibitions; Birds in art; American Painting; European Prints; Decorative arts; Toledo Museum of Art
Other titles: Birds in art and culture, 1620-1820
Description: "Rare and Wondrous: Birds in Art and Culture, 1620-1820 examines exotic birds as a nexus for the interrelationships among natural history, expanded European colonization and trade (including the Atlantic slave trade), and visual art and material culture in Europe during the period encompassing the Age of Contact and the Enlightenment. Through paintings, prints, books, and decorative arts from the Toledo Museum of Art's collection and loans from other institutions, Rare and Wondrous explores the way these birds became the objects of scientific inquiry, of popular interest, of status, and even of household decoration and personal adornment, and reveals the often complicated histories and consequences of their encounters with European culture."
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition of the same name held at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, April 24-July 25, 2021.

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