Art and Cartography: Six Historical Essays

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David Woodward
University of Chicago Press, 1987 - Art - 249 pages
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.
 

Contents

The Mapping Impulse in Dutch Art
51
Renaissance
97
A Historical Survey
123
The Sources and Development of Cartographic
147
The Manuscript Engraved and Typographic Traditions
174
Notes
213
Index
243
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About the author (1987)

David Woodward (1942-2004) was the Arthur H. Robinson Professor of Geography Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he taught for more than twenty years. Along with the late J. B. Harley, he was founding editor of the History of Cartography Project. In 2002, the Royal Geographical Society honored him with the Murchison Award for his lifelong contribution to the study of the history of cartography.

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