On a Painted Ocean Art of the Seven Seas AS NEW kk

New York: New York University Press, 1996, 1996. Hardcover. As New/As New. Larger Table Book, [11.25 by 11.25 inches], gilt-embossed ebony-coloured cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 188, indexed. Illustrated exclusivly with colour plates. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... One critic noted: "A spectacular portfolio, Peter Neill's On a Painted Oceancontains images from around the world that reveal in the visual language of the ocean. Captured in this full-color volume are some of the great classics, and undiscovered treasures, of maritime art. The work of the 17th and 18th century Dutch and English masters are featured alongside a number of less familiar works, many heretofore outside the established marine tradition. Sculpted figures from Africa, painted bowls from ancient Greece, wall murals from pre-Columbian Mexico, tomb decorations from Egypt, and manuscripts from Arabia join the European masters in evoking the force and beauty of the sea. The book's essays take readers from exploration to war, from conflict to commerce, from sustainability to trade, from wreck to technological revolution, examining along the way historical depictions and folk tales, chronicles of endurance."