Saturday 16 July 2011

Intricate Ship Sterns: Art On The Ocean

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The stern is the rear of a ship or boat, being positioned opposite the front or bow, where the figurehead would normally be located. More elaborate than Barocco palace facades, these monumental sterns were built to impress.

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Anonymous said...

The woody was also popular in the UK. Possibly the strangest was the Mini version (Morris Traveller or Austin Countryman), since the wood wasn't part of the structure but was glued on to a standard steel mini estate.

Or rather I thought that was unusual until I saw some of these US woodys which are clearly built exactly the same way.