| Description |
xvi, 249 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr, lectures in the history of cartography |
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Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., lectures in the history of cartography.
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| 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 osurces and development of cartographic ornamentation in the Netherlands / James A. Welu -- The manuscript, engraved, and typographic traditions of map lettering / David Woodward |
| Analysis |
Cartography Graphic design |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 213-242 |
| Subject |
Cartography -- History.
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Cartography.
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Maps -- Illustrations.
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Pictorial maps -- Illustrations.
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| Author |
Woodward, David, 1942-2004.
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| LC no. |
86004356 |
| ISBN |
0226907228 |
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