DOI Heft:
Nr. 341 (October 1925)
DOI Artikel:M'Cormick, William B.: Going to sea in art
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19986#0012
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THE ROSS-SHIRE BY CHARLES R. PATTERSON
qOINQ TO SEA IN ART
"T~VD you ever, dear, Several American painters suited to actualities than
go to sea on the anc[ etchers are preserving those of the operatic ocean.
°P"f^ cce-an?" ^ romance of the sea in Sucl}. v°yagmf has, one
once asked VV . J. Henderson . / . • • , r / • amelioration at least also to
in a whimsical moment. authentic pictures oj ships be sIwed by ^ who £m_
And he answered his ques- WM. P3. M '(5 0 RM I (3 K bark with me for the period
tion out of his wide knowl- of this cruise in art. That
edge of the sea, its ships, their build and rigging, is, it is wholly free from the depressing blight of
and the seamanship and navigation necessary to sea-sickness. The music critic's article is typical of
manage and direct them together with his fund of the viewpoint of those who know and love the sea
information concerning music drama. Taking the and its ships. For there is no class of men or
Flying Dutchman, Tristan and Isolde and L'Afri- women who are so keenly sensitive to misrepre-
caine as his horrible examples of operatic sea- sentation, in picture or text, as lovers of the craft
going, this unusual combination of music critic, keeping alive romance and trade on the world's
ship historian and navigation authority ruth- oceans.
Iessly exposed Wagner's ignorance of seamen's Pictures of ships are found as far back as his-
terms and the curious nautical equipment of the tory goes. The interested or curious may find a
cabin of the craft figuring in L'Ajricaine. When representation of an Egyptian craft of about 6ooo
Mr. Henderson had replied to his own query his B.C. giving a fairly accurate idea of form of hull,
readers must have felt it was well they did their of rig, of deck fittings. Pictures of ships come
sea-going in vessels and under captains more down to us in all sorts of art forms: on antique
twelve
OCTOBER I925
THE ROSS-SHIRE BY CHARLES R. PATTERSON
qOINQ TO SEA IN ART
"T~VD you ever, dear, Several American painters suited to actualities than
go to sea on the anc[ etchers are preserving those of the operatic ocean.
°P"f^ cce-an?" ^ romance of the sea in Sucl}. v°yagmf has, one
once asked VV . J. Henderson . / . • • , r / • amelioration at least also to
in a whimsical moment. authentic pictures oj ships be sIwed by ^ who £m_
And he answered his ques- WM. P3. M '(5 0 RM I (3 K bark with me for the period
tion out of his wide knowl- of this cruise in art. That
edge of the sea, its ships, their build and rigging, is, it is wholly free from the depressing blight of
and the seamanship and navigation necessary to sea-sickness. The music critic's article is typical of
manage and direct them together with his fund of the viewpoint of those who know and love the sea
information concerning music drama. Taking the and its ships. For there is no class of men or
Flying Dutchman, Tristan and Isolde and L'Afri- women who are so keenly sensitive to misrepre-
caine as his horrible examples of operatic sea- sentation, in picture or text, as lovers of the craft
going, this unusual combination of music critic, keeping alive romance and trade on the world's
ship historian and navigation authority ruth- oceans.
Iessly exposed Wagner's ignorance of seamen's Pictures of ships are found as far back as his-
terms and the curious nautical equipment of the tory goes. The interested or curious may find a
cabin of the craft figuring in L'Ajricaine. When representation of an Egyptian craft of about 6ooo
Mr. Henderson had replied to his own query his B.C. giving a fairly accurate idea of form of hull,
readers must have felt it was well they did their of rig, of deck fittings. Pictures of ships come
sea-going in vessels and under captains more down to us in all sorts of art forms: on antique
twelve
OCTOBER I925