Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1987.

Description:

xvi, 249 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

Series:

The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0226907228
9780226907222

Subject:

Cartography.
Maps Illustrations.
Cartographie.
Cartes Illustrations.
Cartes géographiques Illustrations.
Maps.
Kaarten (geografie)
Illustraties.
Cartografie.
Versieringskunst.
Cartographie et art.
Cartography Graphic design

Form/genre:

Illustrated works.

Added entries:

Woodward, David, 1942-2004.
Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 13715
Call No.: ID:87-B3878
Status: Available