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OverviewEmpire to Nation offers a new consideration of the image of the sea in British visual culture during a critical period for both the rise of the visual arts in Britain and the expansion of the nation's imperial power. It argues that maritime imagery was central to cultivating a sense of nationhood in relation to rapidly expanding geographical knowledge and burgeoning imperial ambition. At the same time, the growth of the maritime empire presented new opportunities for artistic enterprise. Taking as its starting point the year 1768, which marks the foundation of the Royal Academy and the launch of Captain Cook's first circumnavigation, it asserts that this was not just an interesting coincidence but symptomatic of the relationship between art and empire. This relationship was officially sanctioned in the establishment of the Naval Gallery at Greenwich Hospital and the installation there of J. M. W. Turner's great Battle of Trafalgar in 1829, the year that closes this study. Between these two poles, the book traces a changing historical discourse that informed visual representation of maritime subjects Full Product DetailsAuthor: Geoff QuilleyPublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: Width: 19.10cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 2.60cm Weight: 1.225kg ISBN: 9780300175684ISBN 10: 030017568 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 15 September 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews[A] strikingly handsome book. <br>--Andrew Lambert, The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord --Andrew Lambert The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord Shortlisted for the 2013 Historians of British Art Book Prize in the Pre-1800 category, given by the Historians of British Art. -- 2013 Historians of British Art Short List in the Pre-1800 category * Historians of British Art * [A] strikingly handsome book. -Andrew Lambert, The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord -- Andrew Lambert * The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord * """[A] strikingly handsome book.” —Andrew Lambert, The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord -- Andrew Lambert * The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord * Shortlisted for the 2013 Historians of British Art Book Prize in the Pre-1800 category, given by the Historians of British Art. -- 2013 Historians of British Art Short List in the Pre-1800 category * Historians of British Art *" Author InformationGeoff Quilley is senior lecturer in art history at the University of Sussex. He was formerly curator of fine art at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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