Seascapes and dynamics

Prequisites: The previous lessons, in particular 'atmospheric effects'
Objectives: To link the history of navigation to the history of maritime visual culture
Description: A study of the perception of the sea and its contribution to dynamics

Questions

THE HIGH SEAS, TACTICS AND DYNAMICS
A study of new practices in navigation in the 18th century

 

  • Maps and naval scenes: flat or circular vision?

A study of the geometry underlying seascapes, after transatlantic voyages made it necessary to represent vast oceanic expanses

  • The new tactics of movement

a study of tactics based on superior skills in manoeuvering

MARITIME VISUAL CULTURE
A study of the interaction between the new tactics and seascape painting. 

 

  • Trafalgar in the arts

The painters hesitated between traditional naval battle compositions and compositions emphasising the new tactics of movement

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