SCHEVENINGEN

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ref. # 007  Adriaen Coenensz. -'Vis booc'

"In 1577, at the age of 63, Adriaen Coenensz from Scheveningen, a Dutch fishing port, started his Vis booc. Over a period of three years he collected all kind of information about the sea, the coasts, and coastal waters, fishing grounds and marine animals: 410 pages written by an expert. Throughout his life he had earned his living from the sea, as fisherman, as wreck master of the county of Holland, and from 1574 as official fish auctioneer at Scheveningen."
Vis booc'. Adriaen Coenensz. S.l., 1577-1580. Paper, 410 leaves, 317 x 215 mm. With watercolour drawings made by himself. - Provenance: Jacob Visser collection 1809. - 78 E 54, fol. 53v-54r
  ©: www.kb.nl
tags:  #Adriaen Coenenszoon #vis book

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076d  Wind energy -STRANDBEEST

Theo Jansen (kinetic sculptor) wind powered sculptures which 'walk' on the beach are made from yellow plastic tubing.
www.strandbeest.com
youtube   ©: photo: Robert Schilder 2011
tags:  #Theo Jansen, #kinetic #art, #sculptor, #beach, #strandbeest

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ref. # 077 Mesdag Panorama, the Hague

"... Panorama Mesdag
In 1879 Mesdag first made contact with a group of Belgian entrepreneurs who wanted to lay the foundations for a panorama under the name 'Society Anonyme du Panorama Maritime de la Haye'. The panorama was a much-loved visual attraction in this period, when there was no cinema and television to provide information and entertainment. The Society approached Mesdag to create a 'painting without borders', as panoramas were sometimes called at that time. Mesdag would receive a substantial fee and he had the right to select his own subject and collaborators. Mesdag regarded this offer as the unique opportunity to paint the greatest sea piece he would ever create and also to preserve Scheveningen for posterity.... ."
  ©:  www.mesdag.com

tags: #mesdag #panorama #the hague #seascape

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078 -Stranded Whale

Whale stranded on the beach of Scheveningen

Much more on this subject #247

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ref. # 083   stranded whale - Herring

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ref. # 084   monster - 'strandvonst'

  ©: caption: "d´een segget d´ander voort ...
tags: #scheveningen

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