From the early sixteenth century onward, a growing number of studies appeared in Europe describing and drawing or painting animals and plants. In the centuries that followed, research into the natural world deepened, and the art of depicting this wondrous world was perfected.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0The Discovery of Nature\u00a0\u00bb showcases these discoveries, interspersed with anecdotes about the people who, between 1500 and 1900, contributed significantly to our understanding of the life around us. Read about Van Leeuwenhoek, who discovered bacteria in his own dental plaque using a microscope he built himself. Or how the young Charles Darwin laid the foundation for his theory of evolution during his voyage on the Beagle.<\/p>\n
Hans Mulder is a historian by training and works as the curator of Natural History for the Allard Pierson Collections of the University of Amsterdam. He publishes on the history of the book and how Western society’s view of nature changed over time. He also lectures on these topics at the University of Amsterdam. Many of the most important natural history manuscripts, printed books, drawings, and watercolors that Mulder used in this book can be found in the Artis Library, part of the Allard Pierson Museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this book by Allard Piersons, curator of Natural History Hans Mulder, twenty richly illustrated stories show how nature and all the life around us has been described and depicted since the 16th century. It’s a delight just to look at the fantastic, colorful, and sometimes magical illustrations that accompany the beautiful stories about people and nature.<\/p>\n
Winner of the 2021 Jan Wolkers Prize for the best Dutch book on nature.<\/p>\n
Available in Dutch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[83,102,3277],"product_tag":[3934,3329,336,533,13508,6373,4773,6374,6375],"class_list":["post-38316","product","type-product","status-archived","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-books","product_cat-collection-books","product_cat-cool-gifts","product_tag-animals","product_tag-birds","product_tag-fathers-day","product_tag-flowers","product_tag-hans-mulder","product_tag-nature","product_tag-plants","product_tag-science","product_tag-trees","pa_binding-method-hardcover","pa_book-author-hans-mulder","pa_dimensions-329-x-248-x-11-cm","pa_publisher-terra-lannoo","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","ast-product-gallery-layout-horizontal","ast-product-tabs-layout-horizontal","first","outofstock","taxable","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple","add-to-wishlist-before_image"],"yoast_head":"\n