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Author : James Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-09-20
Picturing The Pacific written by James Taylor and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with History categories.
For over 50 years between the 1760s and the early 19th century, the pioneers who sailed from Europe to explore the Pacific brought back glimpses of a new world in the form of oil paintings, watercolors and drawings--a sensational view of a part of the world few would ever see. Today these works represent a fascinating and inspiring perspective from the frontier of discovery. It was Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, who popularized the placement of professional artists on British ships of exploration. They captured striking and memorable images of everything they encountered: exotic landscapes, beautiful flora and fauna, as well as remarkable portraits of indigenous peoples. These earliest views of the Pacific were designed to promote the new world as enticing, to make it seem familiar, to encourage further exploration and, ultimately, British settlement. Drawing on both private and public collections from around the world, this lavish book collects oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints and other documents from those voyages, and presents a unique glimpse into an age where science and art became irrevocably entwined.
Picturing The Pacific
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Author : James Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-09-20
Picturing The Pacific written by James Taylor and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with History categories.
For over 50 years between the 1760s and the early 19th century, the pioneers who sailed from Europe to explore the Pacific brought back glimpses of a new world in the form of oil paintings, watercolors and drawings--a sensational view of a part of the world few would ever see. Today these works represent a fascinating and inspiring perspective from the frontier of discovery. It was Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, who popularized the placement of professional artists on British ships of exploration. They captured striking and memorable images of everything they encountered: exotic landscapes, beautiful flora and fauna, as well as remarkable portraits of indigenous peoples. These earliest views of the Pacific were designed to promote the new world as enticing, to make it seem familiar, to encourage further exploration and, ultimately, British settlement. Drawing on both private and public collections from around the world, this lavish book collects oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints and other documents from those voyages, and presents a unique glimpse into an age where science and art became irrevocably entwined.
Painting The Pacific In The Picture Gallery
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Author : State Library of New South Wales
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Painting The Pacific In The Picture Gallery written by State Library of New South Wales and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Art, Colonial categories.
Pacific Picture
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Author : Lorna Mary Maltravers Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Pacific Picture written by Lorna Mary Maltravers Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Oceania categories.
Picturing The Island
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-01-10
Picturing The Island written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-10 with categories.
'Picturing the Island' takes the form of a collection of texts and images that by their proximity to each other present the Central Pacific island Banaba (once known as Ocean Island) as a recollection. This regrouping grants these memories another moment of life. Most of the images were found in the collection of State Library of Queensland, as were many of the texts. The book also includes translations of phrases from Gilbertese (the language of Kiribati) to English and vice versa. These texts are drawn from a Kiribati/English dictionary based on the work on one of the first missionaries to live in Kiribati.
Pacific
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Author : Simon Winchester
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2015-10-27
Pacific written by Simon Winchester and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-27 with History categories.
One of Library Journal’s 10 Best Books of 2015 Following his acclaimed Atlantic and The Men Who United the States, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this imposing force of nature. As the Mediterranean shaped the classical world, and the Atlantic connected Europe to the New World, the Pacific Ocean defines our tomorrow. With China on the rise, so, too, are the American cities of the West coast, including Seattle, San Francisco, and the long cluster of towns down the Silicon Valley. Today, the Pacific is ascendant. Its geological history has long transformed us—tremendous earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis—but its human history, from a Western perspective, is quite young, beginning with Magellan’s sixteenth-century circumnavigation. It is a natural wonder whose most fascinating history is currently being made. In telling the story of the Pacific, Simon Winchester takes us from the Bering Strait to Cape Horn, the Yangtze River to the Panama Canal, and to the many small islands and archipelagos that lie in between. He observes the fall of a dictator in Manila, visits aboriginals in northern Queensland, and is jailed in Tierra del Fuego, the land at the end of the world. His journey encompasses a trip down the Alaska Highway, a stop at the isolated Pitcairn Islands, a trek across South Korea and a glimpse of its mysterious northern neighbor. Winchester’s personal experience is vast and his storytelling second to none. And his historical understanding of the region is formidable, making Pacific a paean to this magnificent sea of beauty, myth, and imagination that is transforming our lives.
The Electric Energy Picture In The Pacific Northwest
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Author : United States. Bonneville Power Administration
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Electric Energy Picture In The Pacific Northwest written by United States. Bonneville Power Administration and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Electric power categories.
Pacific Picture Stories Of Pacific Peoples
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Author : Lorna Mary Maltravers Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Release Date : 2021-09-09
Pacific Picture Stories Of Pacific Peoples written by Lorna Mary Maltravers Mitchell and has been published by Hassell Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Facing The Pacific
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Author : Jeffrey A. Geiger
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2007-04-30
Facing The Pacific written by Jeffrey A. Geiger and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-30 with History categories.
The enduring popularity of Polynesia in western literature, art, and film attests to the pleasures that Pacific islands have, over the centuries, afforded the consuming gaze of the west—connoting solitude, release from cares, and, more recently, self-renewal away from urbanized modern life. Facing the Pacific is the first study to offer a detailed look at the United States’ intense engagement with the myth of the South Seas just after the First World War, when, at home, a popular vogue for all things Polynesian seemed to echo the expansion of U.S. imperialist activities abroad. Jeffrey Geiger looks at a variety of texts that helped to invent a vision of Polynesia for U.S. audiences, focusing on a group of writers and filmmakers whose mutual fascination with the South Pacific drew them together—and would eventually drive some of them apart. Key figures discussed in this volume are Frederick O’Brien, author of the bestseller White Shadows in the South Seas; filmmaker Robert Flaherty and his wife, Frances Hubbard Flaherty, who collaborated on Moana; director W. S. Van Dyke, who worked with Robert Flaherty on MGM’s adaptation of White Shadows; and Expressionist director F. W. Murnau, whose last film, Tabu, was co-directed with Flaherty.
Pacific Picture
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Author : Lorna Mary Maltravers Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Pacific Picture written by Lorna Mary Maltravers Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Literature categories.
Collection of extracts from novels, diaries and letters, articles and short stories.