Maritime Art

Vietnamese Art: between Asia and the Western World

Dr. Kanellos Charalambous with Dr. Maray Georgousis

Vietnamese Art: between Asia and the Western World

by Maray Georgousis, Dr. Art Historian*

Modern Vietnamese art inherits rich elements from a culturally diversified past. Starting with the world-known bronze drums and impressive artilleries of the Au Lac kingdom three centuries ago, it descends through the ages to the works of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Indochina painters, created in the capital city of Hanoi in 1925. Thus, Vietnamese cultural...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/08/vietnamese-art-between-asia-and-the-western-world/

Oceania: Royal Academy voyages through 500 years of Pacific culture

Papua New Guinea launch-day greeting.

Oceania: Royal Academy voyages through 500 years of Pacific culture

By James Brewer

In 1768, Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook left Plymouth on HMS Endeavour on the first of three voyages to search for the fabled Terra Australis Incognita and to map the southern oceans. To Europeans, this made him a hero and discoverer – but he was far from being a pioneer. People living in the Pacific had for centuries been highly sophisticated, capable mariners. Thanks...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/27/oceania-royal-academy-voyages-through-500-years-of-pacific-culture/

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