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Magnificent maps : power, propaganda and art
- Title
- Magnificent maps : power, propaganda and art / Peter Barber and Tom Harper.
- Author
- Barber, Peter.
- Publication
- London : British Library, 2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-Map Div. GA190 .B368 2010 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117 |
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- Description
- 176 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 29 cm.
- Summary
- "Maps are often as much a visual art form as they are a practical tool for navigation. Of particular visual interest are display maps - maps that often used size and beauty to convey messages of regional and social status and power. Despite their historical significance, many of these display maps have been lost and destroyed over time. Magnificent Maps brings together the best surviving examples in order to illustrate their role in early modern Europe and describe the settings in which they were displayed.
- Most of the maps collected in Magnificent Maps date from the period 1450 to 1800, the heyday of this approach to mapping. During their time, these maps were displayed in a range of settings, from palaces to schoolrooms to bedchambers, and Peter Barber and Tom Harper here offer vivid descriptions of their original settings and examine their dual roles as propaganda and art.
- Drawn from one of the greatest collections in the world at the British Library, many of these maps will be completely new even to experts. The unusual aspect of cartography presented in Magnificent Maps will appeal to collectors, historians, mapmakers and users, as well as anyone curious about the many ways we have come to illustrate and define our world."--pub. desc.
- Subject
- Note
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the British Library, London, April 30-Sept. 19, 2010.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-173) and index.
- Call Number
- GA190
- ISBN
- 9780712350921 (hbk.)
- 0712350926 (hbk.)
- 9780712350938 (pbk.)
- 0712350934 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2011379277
- OCLC
- 465618198
- Author
- Barber, Peter.
- Title
- Magnificent maps : power, propaganda and art / Peter Barber and Tom Harper.
- Imprint
- London : British Library, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-173) and index.
- Added Author
- Harper, Tom, 1978-British Library.
- Research Call Number
- *R-Map Div. GA190 .B368 2010