![]() ![]() ![]() Generous support for this exhibition has been provided by the Chazen Museum of Art Council and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.Ĭurator Sandra Sáenz-López Pérez was the 2012-13 David Woodward Memorial Fellow in the History of Cartography. Her research for the exhibit was conducted during this two-month fellowship, which was made possible by the generosity of Arthur and Janet Holzheimer and hosted at UW–Madison by the History of Cartography Project and the Institute for Research in the Humanities. Marginalia in cARTography is guest curated by Sandra Sáenz –López Pérez, an art historian who specializes in the iconographical analysis of maps and the artistic interest of historical cartography. The word portolan comes from the Italian adjective portolano, meaning. The exhibition also explores cartography as an art form, with a focus on the representations in the map margins. guidebooks, orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula by goos, map, world. The marginalia sheds light on the content and purpose of the maps, their authors and patrons, and on the historical period when they were made. Its borders illustrate the four elements, seven planets, four seasons, and Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.Ĭredit: Department of Special Collections, Memorial Library, UW–Madison Willem Janszoon Blaeu’s Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula, was done in 1635. Joan brought out many important works, including Nova et Accuratissima Terrarum Orbis Tabula, a world map to commemorate the Peace of Westphalia which brought news of Abel Tasman’s voyages in the Pacific to the attention of Europe. This exhibition explores the visual discourse between marginal artistic images-sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant-and the maps where they appear. The exhibit includes nearly 50 maps drawn from 13 libraries across the country, including UW–Madison’s Department of Special Collections and the Robinson Map Library. Marginalia in cARTography, which runs through May 18, explores the images on the margins of maps dating from the 13th century through the 1960s. Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula: Alternative Title: Nieuwe Werelt Kaert uyt gegeven tot Amsteldam by Pieter Goos: Cartographer: Goos, Pieter, ca. ![]() “Marginalia” was coined in the early 19th century to mean the notes, scribbles, and doodles that readers have added to the margins of books and manuscripts since antiquity. Visscher (California shown as an island) Nicolaes Visscher I. Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio per N. The subject of one exhibit at the Chazen Museum of Art is marginal. Literally. Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula, Auctore Nicolao Visscher. The work makes the map a celebration of the Copernican heliocentric universe and links the map with the four seasons.Ĭredit: Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine Fine depictions of Zeus, Poseidon, Persephone and Demeter complete the image.Marginal decoration of Joan Blaeu’s Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula, on a work from 1662. In 1680, Pitt revised the Van Loon map to include the dedication to Charles the Second and hearldic inclusions at the lower center of the map and added a remarkable lower scene. The cartography includes California as an Island, a partial coastline for Australia and New Zealand, no land bridge to Asia from North America, small straits of Anian, no Great Lakes, etc. The map offered here is based upon Visscher's World map of 1658 (Shirley 406) and Van Loon's rare Zee Atlas, first issued in 1661. However, after 4 volumes, they landed in Debtor's prison and the atlas was never completed. Pitt and his partner acquired the plates from Blaeu's Atlas Maior and set out to issue and even larger Atlas in London. The plate was acquired by Moses Pitt, who added a dedication cartouche to King Charles II, who ascended to the Throne of England, Ireland and Scotland in May of 1660, following the death of Oliver Cromwell. The present map was originally publishe by Van Loon in 1661. Nice old color example of Moses Pitt's double hemisphere map of the World.Orbis Terrarum Nova Et Accuratissima Tabula. ![]()
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