AMAZING RARE THINGS: ART OF NATURAL HISTORY

The great voyages of discovery brought European artists face-to face with new and exotic plants and animals, and created an intense interest in the way nature was recorded. David Attenborough examines the contributions of four great artists and one pre-eminent collector to this era of extraordinary scientific advances. Beautifully illustrated with a selection of exquisite drawings and watercolours by Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander Marshal, Maria Sibylla Merian and Mark Catesby; and with works collected by Cassiano dal Pozzo.