Art and cartography : six historical essays / edited by David Woodward.

Contributor(s): Woodward, David, 1942-2004
Material type: TextTextSeries: The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography: Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1987Description: xvi, 249 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN: 0226907228Subject(s): Cartography | Maps -- IllustrationsDDC classification: 526.8 LOC classification: GA108 | .A78 1987Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
From mental matrix to Mappamundi to Christian Empire : the heritage of Ptolemaic cartography in the Renaissance / Samuel Y. Edgerton, Jr. -- The mapping impulse in Dutch art / Svetlana Alpers -- Maps as metaphors : mural map cycles of the Italian Renaissance / Juergen Schulz -- Color in cartography : a historical survey / Ulla Ehrensvärd -- The sources and development of cartographic ornamentation in the Netherlands / James A. Welu -- The manuscript, engraved, and typographic traditions of map lettering / David Woodward.
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Books / Monographs Dominican University College Library / Collège Universitaire Dominicain
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GA 108 .A78 1987 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) Available 30000000348981

"The essays published here stem from the invited lectures constituting the sixth series of Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography at the Newberry Library, presented at the library 30 October to 1 November 1980"--P. xv.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-242) and index.

From mental matrix to Mappamundi to Christian Empire : the heritage of Ptolemaic cartography in the Renaissance / Samuel Y. Edgerton, Jr. -- The mapping impulse in Dutch art / Svetlana Alpers -- Maps as metaphors : mural map cycles of the Italian Renaissance / Juergen Schulz -- Color in cartography : a historical survey / Ulla Ehrensvärd -- The sources and development of cartographic ornamentation in the Netherlands / James A. Welu -- The manuscript, engraved, and typographic traditions of map lettering / David Woodward.

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