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Pages in category "Naval war paintings" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Lord Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre is a 1749 history painting by the English artist Samuel Scott. [1] [2] A seascape, it depicts the First Battle of Cape Finisterre on 14 May 1747 where the British Royal Navy under George Anson, 1st Baron Anson intercepted a French convoy of merchantmen and its French Navy escort.
An engraving of Pocock by Edward Scriven Pocock's bird's-eye-view painting of the Battle of Copenhagen (1801) Nicholas Pocock (2 March 1740 – 9 March 1821) was an English artist known for his many detailed paintings of naval battles during the age of sail.
Marine art or maritime art is a form of figurative art (that is, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture) that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea. Maritime painting is a genre that depicts ships and the sea—a genre particularly strong from the 17th to 19th centuries. [ 1 ]
For Peter Paret, from the Renaissance "the glorification of the temporal leader and of his political system – which had of course also been present in medieval art – replaces the Christian faith as a determining interpretive force" in military art. [12] Naval painting became conventionalized in 17th century Dutch Golden Age painting, and ...
The Battle of Quiberon Bay is a 1779 history painting by the French-born British artist Dominic Serres. [1] It depicts the naval Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years' War. [2] The decisive victory of Admiral Hawke's Royal Navy fleet thwarted a French invasion of Britain as part of the Annus Mirabilis.
For paintings of marine art, which by convention includes works where vessels on oceans, ... Naval war paintings (27 P) Pages in category "Maritime paintings"
The background of the painting is the Gulf of Naples, with Mount Vesuvius visible at the right; it is depicted with a raised horizon, over half the painting, typical of the Flemish artists, which allows the view to have a particularly broad scope. Several monuments can be recognized: on the left, the remains of Castel dell'Ovo, the Castel Nuovo ...