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Informationen zum Autor Christine Riding is Head of Arts and Curator of the Queen s House. She was previously Curator of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century British Art at Tate Britain, and was Deputy Editor of Art History (The Journal of the Association of Art Historians). She is co-author of Turner & The Sea (2013) which was published to accompany a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum.Robert J. Blyth is Senior Curator of World and Maritime History, Royal Museums Greenwich, and editor of the Journal for Maritime Research. Andrew Choong is Curator of Historic Photographs & Ship Plans, Royal Museums Greenwich. He specialises in naval warfare from 1860 to 1945 with particular focus on the Royal Navy, the US Navy and Japan s Teikoku Kaigun. John Graves is Curator of Ship History, Royal Museums Greenwich, and is an acknowledged expert on British passenger ships and shipping from the steam age to the present day. Jeremy Michell is Curator of Historic Photographs & Ship Plans, Royal Museums Greenwich. He was Curator of The Last of the Tall Ships exhibition (2009) based on the photographic work of Alan Villiers. Amy Miller is Curator Emeritus and former Curator of Decorative Arts & Material Culture, Royal Museums Greenwich. She curated Sailor Chic (2007) at the National Maritime Museum and Rozanne Hawksley: War and Memory at the Queen s House (2014). Melanie Vandenbrouck is Curator of Art, post-1800, Royal Museums Greenwich. She curated War Artists at Sea (2014) in the Queen s House, an exhibition of the National Maritime Museum s collection of art from the First and Second World Wars. Pieter van der Merwe is the General Editor and Greenwich Curator, Royal Museums Greenwich, and has published on various aspects of maritime history and art, and theatre history. He is on the editorial board of the Mariner s Mirror (Journal of the Society for Nautical Research)." Klappentext While many publications have engaged with the events, artists and poets associated with war fought on land, the cultural history of the war at sea has been neglected. This original book, which draws on the rich archives held at the National Maritime Museum, London, redresses this imbalance by being the first study to focus on the art of war in the first half of the 20th century from a distinctly naval and maritime perspective. Zusammenfassung Drawing on the rich archives held at the National Maritime Museum! London! this beautifully illustrated book is the first study to focus on war art of the first half of the 20th century from a distinctly naval and maritime perspective. ...
