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Rudolph Zallinger's 110-foot fresca secco painting of "The Age of Reptiles" is one of the largest natural history murals in the world. Completed in 1947, it is an overview of prehistoric life told through the principal features and concepts of "The Age of Reptiles". This guide includes an essay on the mural's place in the history of art.

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The Age of Reptiles

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      Publisher: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
      Publication Date: 20/07/2010
      ISBN13: 9780912532769, 978-0912532769
      ISBN10: 0912532769
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      History of art Individual artists, art monographs Nature in the arts

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Rudolph Zallinger's 110-foot fresca secco painting of "The Age of Reptiles" is one of the largest natural history murals in the world. Completed in 1947, it is an overview of prehistoric life told through the principal features and concepts of "The Age of Reptiles". This guide includes an essay on the mural's place in the history of art.

      Trade Review

      “The Age of Reptiles is a work of art, by its own nature inevitably transcending science or subverting it and bringing to it its own special glow.” – Vincent Scully

      -- Vincent Scully

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