Founded in 1677, Oxford's "Ashmolean Museum" is the oldest university museum in the world. Like the Pitt rivers museum, it has an unusual thematic layout. The main theme being, "East meets West", where artifacts of similar uses such as tapestries, clothing and ancient writings are displayed together regardless of their geographical or chronological order. One of the most notable Art works on display is the "Hunt in the Forest" by Paolo Ucello (1397-1475). It is one of the first non-religious paintings done and the first to emphasis three dimensional perspective bringing together mathematical, scientific and artistic ideas.
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