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There’s also a third book in the same series about anchors.
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Hallo my friend,
maybe you can make a short review or look inside of these books - they are looking very interesting
I like the idea. Will see what I can do, maybe like a short overview.
Hello everyone,
since I've apparently been good, my wife put a lovely present under the Christmas tree for me. La Mahonesa, a Spanish frigate from 1789 in a scale of 1:36. I think it's a very good monograph by Adrian Sorolla and Fermin Urtizberea.
since I've apparently been good, my wife put a lovely present under the Christmas tree for me. La Mahonesa, a Spanish frigate from 1789 in a scale of 1:36. I think it's a very good monograph by Adrian Sorolla and Fermin Urtizberea.
Added one to my collection again "Navy Board Ship Models 1650-1750" by John Franklin.
I finally bought a set of books that I had on my wish list for a long time.
"The Paintings of the Willem van de Veldes", a catalogue of paintings of the elder and younger Willem van de Velde by M.S. Robinson (2 volumes in slipcase) (isbn 9780856673894).
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Willem van de Velde the Elder and his son Willem van de Velde the Younger were the most accomplished and successful of all maritime artists. They worked as a team first in Holland and from 1672 onwards in England, where they were commissioned by Charles II to paint sea battles. Van de Velde was a consummate draughtsman who sailed with the fleet and made on-the-spot drawings of naval actions and royal embarkations. His son used these drawings as raw material for his paintings. Although much in demand for pictures of warships and se battles, Van de Velde the Younger was equally adept at calms. His tranquil estuary scenes were greatly admired by Turner and Constable, and were the inspiration for generations of marine artist in England.
This book is a catalogue raisonné of the paintings and grisailles of these celebrated artists. It is life's work of the author M.S. Robinson, whose profound knowledge of 17th-century ships and seamanship, meticulous research into the provenance of each painting, and analysis of the studio works and copies have produced a monumental work of scholarship.
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"The Paintings of the Willem van de Veldes", a catalogue of paintings of the elder and younger Willem van de Velde by M.S. Robinson (2 volumes in slipcase) (isbn 9780856673894).
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Willem van de Velde the Elder and his son Willem van de Velde the Younger were the most accomplished and successful of all maritime artists. They worked as a team first in Holland and from 1672 onwards in England, where they were commissioned by Charles II to paint sea battles. Van de Velde was a consummate draughtsman who sailed with the fleet and made on-the-spot drawings of naval actions and royal embarkations. His son used these drawings as raw material for his paintings. Although much in demand for pictures of warships and se battles, Van de Velde the Younger was equally adept at calms. His tranquil estuary scenes were greatly admired by Turner and Constable, and were the inspiration for generations of marine artist in England.
This book is a catalogue raisonné of the paintings and grisailles of these celebrated artists. It is life's work of the author M.S. Robinson, whose profound knowledge of 17th-century ships and seamanship, meticulous research into the provenance of each painting, and analysis of the studio works and copies have produced a monumental work of scholarship.
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WOW! Nice books ! ! !
Hi Kurt, I find this set of books very interesting. I particularly like the division of the chapters into different wind strengths per nationality of the ships.
It is a quite heavy set, in total 1153 pages divided over 2 volumes, both filled with lots of black and white drawings. in both parts you will find in the back a number of pages with color images.
I also own the set of 3 volumes "The Willem van de Velde drawings in the Boymans-Van Beuningen museum", which I showed earlier:
Father and son Van de Velde have been a very productive couple!
It is a quite heavy set, in total 1153 pages divided over 2 volumes, both filled with lots of black and white drawings. in both parts you will find in the back a number of pages with color images.
I also own the set of 3 volumes "The Willem van de Velde drawings in the Boymans-Van Beuningen museum", which I showed earlier:
New on your bookshelf ..... show it here
Two weeks ago we took a short vacation on the Isle of Texel. Besides walking the dog on the beach I had some time to actually read some books and as my admiral said "Idle hands are the devil's workshop" so I could not contain myself and went shopping around for books and besides the mentioned...
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Father and son Van de Velde have been a very productive couple!