I have always been fascinated with maps. Some of the old maps in these images are pure art - I would keenly hang them on the walls in order to fulfill my decoration standarts. More than History or Geography alone, there is something appealing about Cartography - it's an aesthetically interesting combination of science, technique and a concept of scale, realism and information that was not always accurate. Some maps are storytellers, others are a nightmarish display of ignorance, distorted by unknowledge and deformed by ridiculous geographical misconceptions... Still, can we all take a moment to appreciate such timeless gems?
What a great post. I completely agree with you. There is so much that one can learn about a specific point in time in the world from studying maps. And you can only imagine the amount of work that went into creating them, it's almost incomprehensible. It can't be denied either that they are very aesthetically pleasing to the eye. I would to have one of these framed and hanging as a form of decoration as well.
ReplyDeleteI love this post so inspirational, I agree with u these maps are fantastic :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, I love maps and their aesthetic! I want map-themed everything.
ReplyDeleteTenho nóia com mapas tb. Se te confessar que o meu sonho decorativo para o quarto do meu filho era pespegar-lhe com um mapa da Terra Média na parede, não te vais rir muito? Na minha sala, na área de refeições tenho um mapa da Escócia de 1600 e tal - uma réplica!! - e no meu quarto de adolescente tinha mapas decartografia militar que pertenceram ao meu avô, que foi coronel do exército. Esses então fascinavam-me imenso pq ele infelizmente morreu antes de eu ter curiosidade em saber como se liam esses mapas.
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Your like me!! I love maps too, I have a small collection of vintage maps, world maps and old city maps. There so interesting to look at the older ones that is, where they actually draw out the buildings.
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Love Rhiannon :)
Adoro mapas também, logo adorei este post.. google Oronce Fine!
ReplyDeleteOs mapas são documentos extraordinários, mesmo quando apenas "imaginavam" o mundo. Todos os que escolheste são muito belos, gosto de todos, principalmente do último.
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Quando tava na faculdade andei a estudar a origem das cidades, o seu crescimento na Idade Média e mudanças no Renascimento; isso associado às transformações de moda de vida fazem-me gostar ainda mais de mapas sem ser só pela estética fabulosamente fabulosa :)
ReplyDeleteSão lindos, verdadeiras peças de arte! :) Gosto especialmente do segundo!
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"We do not experience reality in the so called 'real world', but only its dim shadow" -Plato
ReplyDeleteWake up earth, our reality has been inverted by sheer illusion & pseudoscience. We are one with earth & the cosmos (cause of motion).... Literally