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Collecting nature
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ISBN: 1443875082 1443860557 1322889562 9781322889566 9781443875080 9781443860550 Year: 2014 Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars

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Nature can be collected in many forms and shapes: live animals have been locked up in cages, displayed in zoos and menageries and their hides and dried body parts have been used as part of installations in galleries and studies. Plants from far-away countries have been cultivated in botanical gardens and in hothouses. Furthermore, the depiction of medicinal plants and of prized animals was regarded as an important part of the decorative schemes, in an attempt to bring nature indoors. Recent research has also shown that artificialia and naturalia were displayed side by side in early modern Euro

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