Mobilis in mobili : représentations artistiques, scientifiques, tactiques, de la thalassocratie britannique
The present article studies eighteenth-century marine painting as an instance of the aesthetics of motion, contextualising it in the new political culture (that of a sea-power and of dynamic tactics) and the new sciences (dynamics). These parallel concerns give rise to varied practices which are par...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique
2006-01-01
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| Series: | Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1643 |
| Summary: | The present article studies eighteenth-century marine painting as an instance of the aesthetics of motion, contextualising it in the new political culture (that of a sea-power and of dynamic tactics) and the new sciences (dynamics). These parallel concerns give rise to varied practices which are partly contradictory as well as related, a complexity which is their major interest. |
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| ISSN: | 0248-9015 2429-4373 |