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Book Synopsis The Voyage of the Icebergs by : Eleanor Jones Harvey
Download or read book The Voyage of the Icebergs written by Eleanor Jones Harvey and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... Frederic Edwin Church, the most successful American landscape painter of his day, debuted his latest “Great Picture”-- a painting titled The North. Despite favorable reviews, the painting failed to find a buyer. Faced with this unexpected setback, Church added a broken mast to the foreground and changed the work’s title to The Icebergs. He then shipped the painting to London, where it was finally sold to an English railroad magnate and subsequently disappeared from view for 116 years. This book tells the fascinating story of The Icebergs and provides a detailed look at the cycle of fame, neglect, and resuscitation of both this masterwork and Church’s career. In 1979, The Icebergs sold at auction for $2.5 million, at the time the highest amount ever paid for an American painting. The sale coincided with an upswing in the popularity and acclaim accorded to American landscape painting, catalyzing the market for American art and contributing to a revival in the prestige of Church and the Hudson River School. Drawing on extensive interviews with many of the people involved with the painting’s rediscovery, sale, and eventual donation to the Dallas Museum of Art, the author considers the way marketing has defined The Icebergs"--Publisher's description.
Book Synopsis Voyage of the Iceberg by : Richard Brown
Download or read book Voyage of the Iceberg written by Richard Brown and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1983 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Brown's book tells the story of the world's most famous iceberg as well as the story of the Inuit bands, sailors, and explorers who saw it before its collision.
Book Synopsis The Voyage of the Icebergs by : Eleanor Jones Harvey
Download or read book The Voyage of the Icebergs written by Eleanor Jones Harvey and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... Frederic Edwin Church, the most successful American landscape painter of his day, debuted his latest "Great Picture"-- a painting titled The North. Despite favorable reviews, the painting failed to find a buyer. Faced with this unexpected setback, Church added a broken mast to the foreground and changed the work's title to The Icebergs. He then shipped the painting to London, where it was finally sold to an English railroad magnate and subsequently disappeared from view for 116 years. This book tells the fascinating story of The Icebergs and provides a detailed look at the cycle of fame, neglect, and resuscitation of both this masterwork and Church's career. In 1979, The Icebergs sold at auction for $2.5 million, at the time the highest amount ever paid for an American painting. The sale coincided with an upswing in the popularity and acclaim accorded to American landscape painting, catalyzing the market for American art and contributing to a revival in the prestige of Church and the Hudson River School. Drawing on extensive interviews with many of the people involved with the painting's rediscovery, sale, and eventual donation to the Dallas Museum of Art, the author considers the way marketing has defined The Icebergs"--Publisher's description.
Book Synopsis The Voyage of the Icebergs by : Eleanor Jones Harvey
Download or read book The Voyage of the Icebergs written by Eleanor Jones Harvey and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve days after the onset of the American Civil War in April of 1861, Frederic Edwin Church, the most successful American landscape painter of his day, debuted his latest “Great Picture”—a painting titled The North. Despite favorable reviews, the painting failed to find a buyer. Faced with this unexpected setback, Church added a broken mast to the foreground and changed the work’s title to The Icebergs. He then shipped the painting to London, where it was finally sold to an English railroad magnate and subsequently disappeared from view for 116 years. This beautiful book tells the fascinating story of The Icebergs and provides a detailed look at the cycle of fame, neglect, and resuscitation of both this masterwork and Church’s career. In 1979, The Icebergs sold at auction for $2.5 million, at the time the highest amount ever paid for an American painting. The sale coincided with an upswing in the popularity and acclaim accorded to American landscape painting, catalyzing the market for American art and contributing to a revival in the prestige of Church and the Hudson River School. Drawing on extensive interviews with many of the people involved with the painting’s rediscovery, sale, and eventual donation to the Dallas Museum of Art, the author considers the way marketing has defined The Icebergs.
Book Synopsis Voyage of the Iceberg by : Richard G. B. Brown
Download or read book Voyage of the Iceberg written by Richard G. B. Brown and published by New York : Beaufort Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Voyage of the Iceberg by : Richard G.B. Brown
Download or read book Voyage of the Iceberg written by Richard G.B. Brown and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1983 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the "life cycle" of the notorious iceberg from its origin in Baffin Bay, through its encounters with the rugged Inuit and with the other stout souls who live or make their living in the Arctic, to the night of fateful destruction
Book Synopsis A Memory of Ice by : Elizabeth Truswell
Download or read book A Memory of Ice written by Elizabeth Truswell and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the southern summer of 1972/73, the Glomar Challenger was the first vessel of the international Deep Sea Drilling Project to venture into the seas surrounding Antarctica, confronting severe weather and ever-present icebergs. A Memory of Ice presents the science and the excitement of that voyage in a manner readable for non-scientists. Woven into the modern story is the history of early explorers, scientists and navigators who had gone before into the Southern Ocean. The departure of the Glomar Challenger from Fremantle took place 100 years after the HMS Challenger weighed anchor from Portsmouth, England, at the start of its four-year voyage, sampling and dredging the world’s oceans. Sailing south, the Glomar Challenger crossed the path of James Cook’s HMS Resolution, then on its circumnavigation of Antarctica in search of the Great South Land. Encounters with Lieutenant Charles Wilkes of the US Exploring Expedition and Douglas Mawson of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition followed. In the Ross Sea, the voyages of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror under James Clark Ross, with the young Joseph Hooker as botanist, were ever present. The story of the Glomar Challenger’s iconic voyage is largely told through the diaries of the author, then a young scientist experiencing science at sea for the first time. It weaves together the physical history of Antarctica with how we have come to our current knowledge of the polar continent. This is an attractive, lavishly illustrated and curiosity-satisfying read for the general public as well as for scholars of science.
Download or read book Trial by Ice written by Richard Parry and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An extraordinary real-life adventure of men battling the elements and themselves, told with ice-cold precision.” –Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In the dark years following the Civil War, America’s foremost Arctic explorer, Charles Francis Hall, became a figure of national pride when he embarked on a harrowing, landmark expedition. With financial backing from Congress and the personal support of President Grant, Captain Hall and his crew boarded the Polaris, a steam schooner carefully refitted for its rigorous journey, and began their quest to be the first men to reach the North Pole. Neither the ship nor its captain would ever return. What transpired was a tragic death and whispers of murder, as well as a horrifying ordeal through the heart of an Arctic winter, when men fought starvation, madness, and each other upon the ever-shifting ice. Trial by Ice is an incredible adventure that pits men against the natural elements and their own fragile human nature. In this powerful true story of death and survival, courage and intrigue aboard a doomed ship, Richard Parry chronicles one of the most astonishing, little known tragedies at sea in American history. “ABSORBING . . . Suspense builds as Parry describes the events leading up to Hall’s ‘murder,’ then climaxes in horrifying detail.” –Publishers Weekly “RIVETING.” –Library Journal
Book Synopsis The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe by : Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Download or read book The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe written by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld and published by London : Macmillan. This book was released on 1881 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of Nordenskiold's expedition through North East Passage in Vega in 1878-1880. Abbreviated translation of Swedish original "Vegas fard Kring Asien och Europa", Stockholm 1880-81.
Download or read book Ice Bird written by David Lewis and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ice Bird is one of the great true sea stories of the twentieth century. It is also a tale of human endurance, a testimony of one man's will to overcome almost anything and everything physical and psychological to stay alive.
Book Synopsis The Voyage of the Beagle by : Charles Darwin
Download or read book The Voyage of the Beagle written by Charles Darwin and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1997 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darwin's notes from his 1831 trip provide an account of the HMS "Beagle" and the first hints of his theory of evolution and natural selection.
Book Synopsis The Voyage of the Jeannette by : George Washington De Long
Download or read book The Voyage of the Jeannette written by George Washington De Long and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on De Long's private papers and editor's own recollections and notes.
Book Synopsis The Voyage of the Jeannette by : George Washington De Long
Download or read book The Voyage of the Jeannette written by George Washington De Long and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on De Long's private papers and editor's own recolleciton and notes.
Download or read book Voyage to the Ice written by David Lewis and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1979 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Time on Ice written by Deborah Shapiro and published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Shapiro and Bjelke sailed from Sweden to Antarctica in 1992, their goal was to be alone with the last great wilderness on earth. In fine prose and dramatic color photos, the adventurers share the storytelling in alternate chapters. 12 color photos. 304 p.
Book Synopsis Voyage of the Iceberg by : Richard Brown
Download or read book Voyage of the Iceberg written by Richard Brown and published by Lorimer. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the most famous iceberg of all time: the one iceberg that has gripped the imagination of the world, that has humbled arrogant faith in technology, that speaks of the wonders and dangers of the North Atlantic Ocean. This is the iceberg that sank the Titanic. First published in 1983, Richard Brown's brilliant account tells the story of the iceberg through the experiences of the Inuit bands, sailors, and explorers who saw it before its fateful meeting with destiny. In it, Titanic takes her place among the ships and seals, the whales and bears, seabirds and people who all feel the effects of the iceberg's passing. Its moment in history proves the culmination of a long and influential passage. A classic of natural history writing, Voyage of the Iceberg has been warmly received in Canada, as well as in French, Dutch, American, and British editions.
Book Synopsis Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1872-76 by : Challenger Expedition
Download or read book Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1872-76 written by Challenger Expedition and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
