Ulisse Aldrovandi
From 'Monstrorum Historia'
Ulisse Aldrovandi lived between the years 1522-1605 an Itallian naturalist is considered the founder of modern Natural History. his cabinet of curiosities was one of the most spectacular of his time.
his most famous book 'Monstrorum Historia' was a treasury of fantastical and grotesque beasts both entirely imagined and true through birth deformities. Aldrovandi was able to put these two forms under the same title as there was not yet a distinction between the literary and the scientific.
The illustrations are completed with the textbook detail of a true scientific publication, but feature beast more often found in children's story books. This combination gives the illustrations an bizarre, alchemic feel.
his most famous book 'Monstrorum Historia' was a treasury of fantastical and grotesque beasts both entirely imagined and true through birth deformities. Aldrovandi was able to put these two forms under the same title as there was not yet a distinction between the literary and the scientific.
The illustrations are completed with the textbook detail of a true scientific publication, but feature beast more often found in children's story books. This combination gives the illustrations an bizarre, alchemic feel.
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