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 |
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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
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MARITIME VISUAL CULTURE |
| A study of the interaction between the new tactics and seascape painting. | |
- Seascapes and visual culture: the memory of the sea
- Trafalgar in the arts
The painters hesitated between traditional naval battle compositions and compositions emphasising the new tactics of movement