The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV's France by Martin, Meredith
The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV's France by Martin, Meredith

The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV's France

This richly illustrated volume, the first devoted to maritime art and galley slavery in early modern France,...
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Author: Meredith Martin
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The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV's France by Martin, Meredith

The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV's France

$191.69
The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV's France by Martin, Meredith

The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV's France

$191.69
Author: Meredith Martin
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
This richly illustrated volume, the first devoted to maritime art and galley slavery in early modern France, shows how royal propagandists used the image and labor of enslaved Muslims to glorify Louis XIV.

Mediterranean maritime art and the forced labor on which it depended were fundamental to the politics and propaganda of France's King Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715). Yet most studies of French art in this period focus on Paris and Versailles, overlooking the presence or portrayal of galley slaves on the kingdom's coasts. By examining a wide range of artistic productions--ship design, artillery sculpture, medals, paintings, and prints--Meredith Martin and Gillian Weiss uncover a vital aspect of royal representation and unsettle a standard picture of art and power in early modern France.

With an abundant selection of startling images, many never before published, The Sun King at Sea emphasizes the role of esclaves turcs (enslaved Turks)--rowers who were captured or purchased from Islamic lands--in building and decorating ships and other art objects that circulated on land and by sea to glorify the Crown. Challenging the notion that human bondage vanished from continental France, this cross-disciplinary volume invites a reassessment of servitude as a visible condition, mode of representation, and symbol of sovereignty during Louis XIV's reign.

Author: Meredith Martin, Gillian Weiss
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Published: 01/04/2022
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.80lbs
Size: 10.70h x 7.80w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781606067307


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About the Author
Meredith Martin is associate professor at New York University. She is an art historian specializing in French art, architecture, empire, and intercultural exchange from the late seventeenth to early nineteenth centuries.

Gillian Weiss is professor at Case Western Reserve University. She is a historian specializing in early modern France, its relations with the Islamic world, and Mediterranean slavery.
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