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Original Antique Print of Sheep
By: Buffon
Date: c.1780
Title: La Brebis
Original Color: Black & White
Condition: Good
Price: $45
Paper Size: 7 1/4 inches Height by 4 1/4 inches Width
Image Size: 5 1/4 inches Height by 3 1/4 inches Width
George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), was a philosopher par excellence for whom style was everything. Disenchanted with mathematics, which until then had been queen of the sciences, Buffon set about the task of acquainting mankind with the marvels of the natural world.
His ideas on the mutability of species, which were examined by Darwin and influenced later students of evolutionary theory, are perhaps his most important contributions to speculative science.
Buffon's artists had their own way of showing animals off their best advantage and always endeavored to make them look clean, neat and innocent.
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals by observing rather than using experimental methods of study. This form of study dates back to ancient Greco-Roman societies.
As the study of animal and nature continued through the centuries the main concept of natural history shifted in the 18th century to the Great Chain of Being. This concept is a classical Christian and Western Medieval idea detailing a strict, hierarchical structure of all matter and life, believed to be decreed by the Christian God.
The research of natural history today has branched out to many different professional disciplines such as zoology, botany and geology. More species will continue to be discovered and documented just as past generations have done.
This old print for sale is a vintage print, a historic print of the 1700s, which has aged with time. Please visit Frequently Asked Questions to learn more about ancient prints and condition.
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