Lies of the land : painted maps in late medieval and early modern France / Camille Serchuk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Serchuk, Camille, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists as cartographers--France--History--16th century.

Artists as cartographers.

Cartography--France--16th century--Maps.

Cartography.

Painting, French--16th century--Maps.

Painting, French.

Cartography in art--Maps.

Cartography in art.

Maps in art--Maps.

Maps in art.

Physical Description:

xv, 218 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 27 cm

illustrations.

maps.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Explores how late medieval and early modern French painters pioneered a highly pictorial standard for cartography that was imbued with legibility and authority by drawing on their training to bring empirically observed detail, perspective, composition, and scale to their maps"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : getting the lie of the land

Sight maps/site maps : painters and local mapping

The world as (luxury) object : Norman maps and atlases

Palace décor(um) : the galerie des Cerfs at Fontainebleau

Conclusion : eyeing the horizon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index.

ISBN:

9780271097732

0271097736

OCLC:

1451665545

Publisher Number:

90102741497

40032669415