288 Pages
by
Amsterdam University Press
Marine painting is a four hundred year old specialism of the traditional Dutch school of painting. Painting ships and the sea requires both nautical knowledge and great artistic talent. Cécile Bosman examines the background, training and subject matter of nineteenth-century marine painters. She also describes how marine paintings were viewed by the marine painters themselves, by their peers in... Read more
Introduction
Outline of the Book
1. Marine Painting and Cultural Nationalism
2. Marine Painting in Art Theory
3. The Specialism of Marine Painters
4. Choice of Subject
5.Among Fellow Artists
6. Art Criticism
Summary
Reference List of Marine Painters
Notes
Abbreviations
Lists of Pictures and Graphs
Bibliography and online Sources
Index of Persons
Biography
Dr Cécile Bosman studied Art History and obtained her doctorate at the University of Leiden, and has worked from 1989 onwards in the museum sector. As a former curator of the Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum) in Amsterdam, she has written about the visual arts in relation to maritime history for various publications.
