A stunning book that features highlights from Mystic Seaport, one of the finest maritime museums in the world The history of America is largely a history of the sea. This marvelous book features a selection of more than two hundred of the finest objects from Mystic Seaport that tell the history of America and its maritime heritage. Presented with accessible texts and beautiful reproductions are masterpieces of maritime painting, exquisite photographs of classic yachts and powerboat races, and diverse prints and watercolors. Unique examples of American folk art—yarn paintings, reverse paintings on glass, sailors’ valentines, shadowbox ship models, and ships in bottles—are also explored in detail, along with watercraft, scrimshaw, ship figureheads, and silver yachting trophies.
 Essays written by distinguished experts describe the individual forms of expression, discuss the artists and craftsmen, and offer commentary on the ways in which America’s maritime history is interwoven with its economic development and cultural history. Elegantly designed and lavishly produced, America and the Sea offers intriguing new evidence of the indisputable relevance of maritime history to American life and art.

America and the Sea: Treasures from the Collections of Mystic Seaport

Arts & Photography

Finamore, Daniel

Lash, Stephen S.

History & Criticism

Applewood Books

Capturing Poseidon examines the creation, perception, and impact of photographs imbued by the sea. It addresses the full diversity of modern interests in the maritime world, from transoceanic steamers to the smallest pleasure craft. The images depict the ships and people involved in commerce, fishing, recreation, exploration, and naval affairs, spanning the photograhic medium from document to fine art.
Maritime photographs have been generated by commerce, military campaigns, overseas tourism, and to advertise travel or the nautical industries. Much of the allure of maritime imagery, however, derives from the rich visual stories that emerge from the challenges inherent in humanity's confrontation with the elements. Although work of numerous famous photographers is included in Capturing Poseidon, many of the most dramatic photographs are those taken by mariners while in the midst of performing their professional activities.

Capturing Poseidon: Photographic Encounters With the Sea (Peabody Essex Museum Collections, Vol 134)

Photography & Video

Peabody Essex Museum

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