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SUMMARY:Nebula Gallery Presents: Dangerous Beauty
LOCATION:Eugene McDermott Library (MC) Nebula Gallery-Special Collections\
 , MC 3.504\, 800 W. Campbell Road\, Richardson\, Texas 75080-3021
DESCRIPTION:Dangerous Beauty explores the striking and often deceptive all
 ure of poisonous plants through historical botanical illustration. Drawn 
 from rare books and medical botany texts found in the Louise B. Belsterli
 ng Botanical Collection\, this exhibition highlights species once valued 
 for beauty\, medicine\, and ritual use—and at times intentionally misused
 \, even when their dangers were known.\n\nFrom the delicate bells of foxg
 love to the dark berries of deadly nightshade\, these plants reveal a lon
 g history of experimentation\, misidentification\, and discovery. Detaile
 d botanical illustrations highlight both the beauty and the danger of the
 se plants. Presented during the fall\, the exhibition draws on what might
  be called the plant world’s own spooky season\, when familiar forms take
  on darker meanings and hidden risks come into focus.\n\nThe exhibition c
 ases extend this theme beyond plants themselves. On view are 19th‑century
  books bound in vivid green covers now suspected to contain arsenic‑based
  pigments. Once fashionable and eye‑catching\, these bindings represent a
 nother form of dangerous beauty\, objects prized for their appearance\, y
 et carrying risks that were poorly understood at the time.\n\nVisitors wh
 o wish to explore this topic further are invited to join Ye Olde Book Clu
 b on 10/27/2026\, in Special Collections\, for a discussion of The Arseni
 c Century: How Victorian Britain Was Poisoned at Home\, Work\, and Play. 
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