Agostino Scilla
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Agostino Scilla
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Agostino Scilla was an Italian Baroque painter, paleontologist, geologist, numismatist, and a pioneer in the study of fossils and in scientific illustration. In addition to his paintings, he published an early text on paleontology: La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso which was introduced to English audiences by William Wotton of the Royal Society in 1696. He was among the first to promote a scientific understanding of fossils in contrast to fantastic Biblical and divine interpretations.
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Italian painter and scientist (1629–1700)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agostino_Scilla
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2023-04-18T02:27:25Z
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