The Age of Reptiles - The Art and Science of Rudolph Zallinger's Great Dinosaur Mural at Yale

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.

About the author

Rudolph Zallinger (1919-1995) was an American-based artist notable for his mural The Age of Reptiles (1947) at Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History and for the popular illustration known as March of Progress (1965), one of the world's most recognizable scientific images.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Rosemary Volpe
• Assisted by: Rosemary Volpe (Editor)
• Publisher: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2010
• EAN: 9780912532769
• ISBN: 978-0-912532-76-9
• No. of pages: 84
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 310 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 450 g
• Illustrations: est 90 color + 12 folded pullout
• Series: Yale Peabody Museum Series; Peabody Museum (YUP); Elgar In Association with the Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO EE
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts