The Painted Voyage: Art, Travel and Exploration, 1564 - 1875

by Michael Jacobs

The Painted Voyage looks at the ways in which travelling artists influenced early western attitudes towards distant lands, and examines how far the artist's own vision of these places was a distorted one, affected by factors as diverse as changing artistic fashions, the demands of colonial propaganda and the frequent need to work from memory. Michael Jacobs' lively, good-humoured text contains a wealth of anecdotes relating to the adventures of these intrepid figures and the peculiar difficulties with which they were faced when travelling beyond the well-trodden path - difficulties which ranged from being mistaken for spies to offending local religious sensibilities. The extensive illustrations form a fascinating and entertaining visual record of the lands visited and include a large number of undeservedly little-known works.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Elisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sadly the author passed away a few months ago :( He loved Spanish culture and art and he was a great storyteller. This is a wonderful book about the artists who painted the world of the explorers and adventurers, well-written with sense of humor and intelligence. I loved it!