Carved works and Figureheads: A History of Ship Decorations
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Carved works is the collective term used for wooden decorations mounted aboard a ship. They've largely gone extinct, since they serve no purpose other than aesthetic. Historically they were one of the most important parts of the vessel. They were a vital propaganda tool for showing the power and affluence of the shipbuilder. Figureheads were considered to have magical properties. They were a sort of good luck charm that could guide them to their destination, and protect the ship from environmental hazards and evil spirits.
Sources
Finlands historia - Torsten Edgren, Lena Törnblom
The Memoirs of Pere Labat - Jean-Baptiste Labat
Archaeological evidence for ship eyes - Troy Joseph Nowak
The Viking Longship - Osprey Publishing
Ship and Society - Gunilla Larsson
Vikingarnas Världsrike - Historiens vändpunkter
The Sailing Frigate - Robert Gardiner
Ship Decoration: 1630-1780 - Andrew Peters
Skulpturerna på Vasa - Anna Maria Forssberg
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#history #ships #bronzeage #baroque
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@aaronjames1742
9 ай бұрын
I second that.
13:07 WILLEM DAFOE FIGUREHEAD WILLEM DAFOE FIGUREHEAD
on traditional maltese fishing boats painted eyes on the bow are present to this day
"The Boat" truly the height of ship naming. Another naval coup for the Dutch.
A nice and interesting look into the ship decorations over a very long time. Cheers!⛵
This was very interesting thank you
Trevlig och proffsig kanal. Tack för uppladdningen :)
Kul att se bilder från Marinmuseum.
Great video. You're channel creates really good content! Deserves to be much bigger
I have just found your channel,great stuff.subscribed.
The eye exists to this day on small boats in the Mediterranean in places such as Croatia
The funniest decoration on the vasa, is the lifesize polish men stuffed into small cages in prone position, facing the part of the where sailors would take a shit. As the ship was supposed to be used against the polish it was the sort of dickslinging propaganda i can respect
@balticempire7244
Жыл бұрын
it's a reference to a Polish saying where "going under the table" is a sign of submission, will cover it in the video on the Vasa's ship decorations
cheers bud!
Very nice video! :D
could you do a video on Scandinavian ''kanonsjalup'' and ''kanonjolle'' gunboats?
nice vid thanks. from a subscriber to your channel
Sailing ships are floating art.
Thanks for all your work. Surely Boaty MacBoat Face is the best ship name ever , even if it wasn't chosen in the end.😊
"The Evil Eye" is still practiced by over a billion people in the world today. 😂
Tapadh leat!
It makes me kinda sad to realize we don't really do anything just for aesthetics anymore. Everything is just drab and "functional". The USA has the biggest military budget in the world - would it kill them to add a little pizzazz? An aircraft carrier already billions of dollars, what's a couple more to give it some aesthetic value?