Lesson, RP (English) LessonRP

Japanese: Lesson,R.P.(英語表記)LessonRP
Lesson, RP (English) LessonRP

...The period from 1780 to 1830 was the golden age of French natural history. Particularly notable scholars include GLCFD Cuvier, who broke the Great Chain of Being (the theory that the living world is arranged in a straight line in a hierarchy from angels to amoebas), which had long been the central axis of taxonomy; François Levaillant (1753-1824), who published an illustrated book on African birds; and René-Primevère Lesson (1794-1849), the first Westerner to observe a living bird of paradise.Particularly notable artists who produced beautiful illustrated books include Jean Baptiste Audebert (1759-1800) (The Natural History of Hummingbirds), Jacques Barraband (1768-1809) (Parrots), and Jean Gabriel Prêtre (active in the first half of the 19th century) (The Natural History of the Bird of Paradise). The Belgian botanical artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) was called the "Raphael of Flowers" and was loved by people all over the world.

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…1780‐1830年ころまではフランス博物学の黄金期にあたる。学者では長く分類学の中軸となってきた〈存在の大連鎖〉(生物界は天使からアメーバまで順列を作り一直線に並んでいるとする説)を断ち切ったG.L.C.F.D.キュビエ,アフリカの鳥類に関する図鑑を刊行したルバイヤンFrançois Levaillant(1753‐1824),西洋人で初めて生きたフウチョウを観察したレッソンRené‐Primevère Lesson(1794‐1849)ら,また美しい図鑑を制作した画工では,オードベルJean Baptiste Audebert(1759‐1800)(《ハチドリの自然史》),バラバンJacques Barraband(1768‐1809)(《オウム類》),プレートルJean Gabriel Prêtre(19世紀前半に活躍)(《フウチョウの自然史》)などがとくに傑出している。またベルギー生れの植物画工ルドゥーテPierre‐Joseph Redouté(1759‐1840)は〈花のラファエロ〉と呼ばれて世界中の人々に愛された。…

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