Abandon Ship
Shipwreck in Art
$146.73
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2024
Summary
Abandon Ship is a dramatic, tempestuous, glorious journey through art history. Spectacular paintings have transformed shipwrecks into powerful metaphors for human vulnerability. These works depict fear and bravery, hope and desperation, life and death - and people’s struggle against immense danger. Rocky coastlines and gales could reduce human ambitions to splinters. The sea has always held a special fascination. It carried people to new continents and enabled trade and progress. But the sea,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789171265869 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 9171265864 |
| Author: | Carl Douglas, Martin Widman, Bjorn Hagberg |
| Publisher: | Bokforlaget Max Strom |
| Imprint: | Bokforlaget Max Strom |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 1.97kg |
| Dimensions: | 39mm x 328mm x 247mm |
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About The Author
Carl Douglas
Carl Douglas is a historian, an acclaimed author and a skilled diver. He is the writer of the best-selling book Ghost ships of the Baltic Sea.
Björn Hagberg is a marine archaeologist, researcher and author with several books to his credit.
Martin Widman is an experienced science journalist who has specialized in maritime history.
Christine Riding is the head of the curatorial department at London’s National Gallery and has among many other texts written the book Turner and the Sea.
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