- Titel: America and the Sea : treasures from the collections of Mystic Seaport
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- Erschienen: New Haven [u.a.] : Yale Univ. Press, c 2005
- Ausgabe: 1. ed
- Umfang: 159 S, zahlr. Ill
- ISBN: 0300114028
- Sprache: Englisch
- Schlagwörter: Mystic Seaport Museum ; Katalog ; USA ; Kunst ; Meer Motiv ; Kulturgeschichte ; Kunstsammlung ; Natur
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Inhalt:
Introduction /Stephen S. Lash --Maritime paintings /Daniel Finamore --Photographs /Nicholas Whitman --Ship models /Erik A.R. Ronnberg Jr. --G.W. Blunt White Library /William Fowler --Scrimshaw /Michael McManus --Daniel S. Gregory Ships Plans Library /Llewellyn Howland III --Figureheads /Ryan M. Cooper
Features a selection of more than two hundred objects from Mystic Seaport that tell the history of America and its maritime heritage. This book explores examples of American folk art - yarn paintings, reverse paintings on glass, sailors' valentines, shadowbox ship models, and ships in bottles, along with watercraft, ship figureheads, and more - Medientyp: Buch
- Datenquelle: UB Heidelberg , Kunstbibliothek - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin