Picturing the Pacific

ISBN: 9781472955432 出版年：2018 页码：258 James Taylor Bloomsbury Publishing

For over 50 years between the 1760s and the early 19th century, the pioneers who sailto explore the Pacific brought back glimpses of a new world in tpaintings, watercolors and drawings--a sensational view ofworld 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 collectiothe worlbook collects oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints and other documents from those voyages, and presents a unique glimpwhere science and art became irrevocably entwined.