Art and the seafarer : a historical survey of the arts and crafts of sailors and shipwrights / with contributions by Edward H.H. Archibald [and others], general editor Hans Jürgen Hansen, translated [from the German] by James and Inge Moore

Hansen, Hans Jürgen

1968, First Edition. London : Faber. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #438135

Physical description; 296 pages illustrations (some color), 31 cm. Notes; Translation of Kunstgeschichte der Seefahrt. Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-293). Contents; The architecture of the ship: history and design of water-borne craft -- Model ship building : votive ships, builders' models and ornaments -- Art in early shipbuilding: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Northern Europe -- Wood-carving on ships: the ornamentation of bows, sterns, masts, rudders, decks and cabins -- Art in shipbuilding outside western culture: ritual and symbolic significance of ships. Votive pictures of ships: paintings commissioned by yards, shipowners and captains -- Glass paintings of shipsL origin, technique, Antwerp as a centre of the craft -- Seaman's crafts : scrimshaw, wood, paper and rope work, ships in bottles, panoramic models -- Maritime objects d'art and antiques: collector's pieces and their values. Subjects; Naval architecture History. Carving (Decorative arts) History. Figure-heads of ships History. Ships in art. Ship models. Ships ; Pictorial works.

Price: €25.00