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Art and Cartography: Six Historical Essays
Art and Cartography: Six Historical Essays
edited by David Woodward
University of Chicago Press, 1987 Cloth: 978-0-226-90722-2 Library of Congress Classification GA108.A78 1987 Dewey Decimal Classification 526.8
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The contributors—Svetlana Alpers, Samuel Y. Edgerton, Jr., Ulla Ehrensvard, Juergen Schulz, James A. Welu, and David Woodward—examine the historical links between art and cartography from varied perspectives.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
David Woodward is professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Editor's Note
Introduction by David Woodward
1. From Mental Matrix to Mappamundi to Christian Empire: The Heritage of Ptolemaic Cartography in the Renaissance
Samuel Y. Edgerton, Jr.
2. The Mapping Impulse in Dutch Art
Svetlana Alpers
3. Maps as Metaphors: Mural Map Cycles of the Italian Renaissance
Juergen Schulz
4. Color in Cartography: A Historical Survey
Ulla Ehrensvärd
5. The Sources and Development of Cartographic Ornamentation in the Netherlands
James A. Welu
6. The Manuscript, Engraved, and Typographic Traditions of Map Lettering
David Woodward
Notes
Index