The Art of Naval Portraiture
$63.75
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
13 March 2024
Summary
From elite officers to ordinary sailors, the portrayal of naval personnel has been a significant branch of British art for over 500 years. The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich holds the largest collection of naval portraits in the world, including over 600 paintings and many more prints and drawings, spanning from the sixteenth century to the present day.
These portraits reveal how the Royal Navy was viewed at different moments in history and grant us access to individual stories, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781739154202 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1739154207 |
| Author: | Katherine Gazzard |
| Publisher: | National Maritime Museum |
| Imprint: | National Maritime Museum |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 13 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 1.01kg |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 186mm x 267mm |
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Critics Review
“Katherine Gazzard has written a wonderfully readable book,which brings the equivalent of a dazzling exhibition to your home, providingthorough background, expert nuance, and image reproductions of the highestquality. Everybody will learn something from this.”
DrSara Caputo
Directorof Studies in History and Senior Research Fellow, Magdalene College, AffiliatedLecturer, Faculty of History, and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow,Department of History and Philosophy of ScienceKatherine Gazzard
Katherine Gazzard is Curator of Art (Post-1800) at 7783. She is the author of The Art of Naval Portraiture (2024) and has taught at the University of East Anglia and Yale University. Her research focuses on eighteenth-century British art and the cultural history of the Royal Navy.
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