Empire to nation : art, history and the visualization of maritime Britain 1768-1829 / Geoff Quilley.
Alternate Title(s):
Art, history and the visualization of maritime Britain 1768-1829
Published / Created:
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2011.
Physical Description:
vii, 294 p. : ill (mostly col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art".
Contents:
Introduction -- The pen in the first person : the artist as eyewitness on voyages of exploration -- 'Tahiti revisited' : the historicizing visual order of the world in the art of Cook's voyages -- A sea of faith : visualizing maritime Britain and the articulation of national identity in the Atlantic world -- 'Framed by a Black': shipwreck and masculinity in the Black Atlantic -- Commerce, luxury and the moralization of shipwreck : the East India Company -- The image of the sailor -- War and Britishness -- Battle of the pictures : painting the history of Trafalgar -- Conclusion.
Subject Terms:
Nationalism and art -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. | Nationalism and art -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Marine art, British -- 18th century. | Marine art, British -- 19th century. | National characteristics, British, in art.