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Record #134206:
The painted voyage: art, travel and exploration, 1564-1875 / Michael Jacobs.
Title: | The painted voyage: art, travel and exploration, 1564-1875 / Michael Jacobs. |
Author(s): | Jacobs, Michael. |
Date: | 1995. |
Publisher: | London: British Museum Press |
Abstract: | Extensively illustrated study of influence of travelling artists on perceptions of distant lands. Also examines extent to which artist's vision was distorted, reflecting artistic fashions, colonial propaganda, and frequent requirement to paint from memory. Includes chapter 'The Heart of Africa and the polar regions' (pp. 148-155) |
Keywords: | 75 -- Painting. 113/119 -- Attitudes to nature. 91(091) -- Exploration, history. R -- Arts. (*2) -- Polar regions. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 75 |
ISBN: | 0714116564 |
SPRI record no.: | 134206 |
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