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Cartography and Art: A Comparative Study Based on Color

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  • Leda Stamou

    (Cartography Laboratory, School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou, 15780 Zografou, Greece)

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Color occupies a prominent place in the bibliography of cartography, as it is an important element in the formation of cartographic symbolization. Apart from the technical issues of its application to maps, color theory is one of the elements that connect maps with art. In this paper various cartographic trends and their origins are examined and correlated with the artistic periods in which they were developed in order to investigate and document the extent to which maps follow the artistic movements and, particularly in the art of painting, concerning the form and the content of the maps and whether color can be used as an identification element of the art trend and the corresponding period. The research spans from the end of the Middle Ages to the 21st century and is referred spatially in Western Europe, including Italy. The comparison of colors is made in both descriptive and quantitative terms through the commentary of hue, brightness, and saturation, as well as through plotting them in the color wheel, a process that allows an overview of the range and location of color sequences. Concluding, the paintings and maps that were selected and examined in detail support the effect of painting on maps, without implying that it is intentional.

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  • Leda Stamou, 2022. "Cartography and Art: A Comparative Study Based on Color," Geographies, MDPI, vol. 2(1), pages 1-24, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jgeogr:v:2:y:2022:i:1:p:7-110:d:749545
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