Download or read book Whaling Prints in the Francis B Lothrop Collection written by Peabody Museum of Salem and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Check List of an Exhibition of Whaling Pictures from the Collection of Francis B Lothrop Supplemented by Loans Fron the Peabody Museum of Salem written by Peabody Museum of Salem and published by . This book was released on 1955* with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Check List of an Exhibition of Whaling Pictures from the Collection of Francis B Lothrop June 15 September 15 1955 written by Peabody Museum of Salem and published by . This book was released on with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Forbes Collection of Whaling Prints at the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum written by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trying Leviathan written by D. Graham Burnett and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-04 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Moby-Dick, Ishmael declares, "Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me." Few readers today know just how much argument Ishmael is waiving aside. In fact, Melville's antihero here takes sides in one of the great controversies of the early nineteenth century--one that ultimately had to be resolved in the courts of New York City. In Trying Leviathan, D. Graham Burnett recovers the strange story of Maurice v. Judd, an 1818 trial that pitted the new sciences of taxonomy against the then-popular--and biblically sanctioned--view that the whale was a fish. The immediate dispute was mundane: whether whale oil was fish oil and therefore subject to state inspection. But the trial fueled a sensational public debate in which nothing less than the order of nature--and how we know it--was at stake. Burnett vividly recreates the trial, during which a parade of experts--pea-coated whalemen, pompous philosophers, Jacobin lawyers--took the witness stand, brandishing books, drawings, and anatomical reports, and telling tall tales from whaling voyages. Falling in the middle of the century between Linnaeus and Darwin, the trial dramatized a revolutionary period that saw radical transformations in the understanding of the natural world. Out went comfortable biblical categories, and in came new sorting methods based on the minutiae of interior anatomy--and louche details about the sexual behaviors of God's creatures. When leviathan breached in New York in 1818, this strange beast churned both the natural and social orders--and not everyone would survive.
Download or read book Turner and the Whale written by Jason Edwards and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the guide to the exhibition, Turner and the Whale at the Hull Maritime Museum in Autumn 2017, which brings together for the first time in the UK, 3 of the 4 whaling pictures Turner was at work on in 1845-1846. As part of the city of Hull's year as the UK Capital of Culture the exhibition guide will bring the Turner whaling pictures into context with key parts of the Hull collections, including natural historical specimens, whaler carvings and Inuit art.
Download or read book Whale written by Joe Roman and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred years ago, a beached whale would have been greeted by a mob wielding flensing knives; today, people bring harnesses and boats to help it return to the sea. The whale is one of the most awe-inspiring and intelligent animals in nature, sharing a complex relationship with humans that has radically evolved over the centuries. Joe Roman offers in Whale a fascinating and in-depth look at the cultural and natural history of these majestic aquatic mammals. From the Biblical prophet Jonah to Moby-Dick to recent discoveries of cetacean songs and culture, Roman examines the whale's role in history, art, literature, commerce, and science. Whale features vibrant illustrations, ranging from Stone Age carvings to full-color underwater photographs, which vividly bring to life the rich symbolic meanings surrounding the whale. Roman also examines the ecological and evolutionary history of the whale as well as contemporary issues of conservation. Whale is an engaging volume that will appeal to all those interested in the important role that these kings of the ocean have played in human culture.
Download or read book Ingenious Contrivances Curiously Carved written by Stuart M. Frank and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2012 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Bedford whaling fleet was the most numerous and arranging in the world, setting off on voyages that often lasted for years and extended as far as the Antarctic and Siberia. This title features over 700 detailed photos from the world's finest collection of scrimshaw, the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Download or read book Turner s Whaling Pictures The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin v 73 no 4 Spring 2016 written by Alison Hokanson and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Bulletin centers around Turner’s depictions of whaling and seascapes. These expressive paintings, created when the artist was in his seventies, exemplify the boldly inventive style of Turner’s later years. The Bulletin explores Turner’s interest in images of whaling, considers the connections to Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, and discusses the enduring appeal of these evocative marine scenes.
Download or read book The Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 2154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world list of books in the English language.
Download or read book The American Neptune written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quarterly journal of maritime history.
Download or read book Classic Whaling Prints and Their Original Sources from the Permanent Collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum written by Stuart M. Frank and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Herman Melville s Picture Gallery written by Stuart M. Frank and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects the prints and other images of whales and whaling referred to in the three "pictorial" chapters of Moby-Dick together with Melville's words.
Download or read book Whalewatcher written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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