FRAMES THAT SPEAK: AN INTRODUCTION TO CARTOGRAPHIC CARTOUCHES
PRESENTED BY CHET VAN DUZER
THE DECORATIVE FRAMES ON MAPS CALLED CARTOUCHES WERE AN IMPORTANT
CARTOGRAPHIC DESIGN ELEMENT FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY, AND CONTINUE TO BE USED ON TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY MAPS.
ALTHOUGH CARTOUCHES ARE ONE OF THE MOST VISUALLY ENGAGING ELEMENTS ON
MAPS, AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT IS OFTEN THROUGH THE DECORATION OF
THE CARTOUCHE THAT THE CARTOGRAPHER SPEAKS MOST DIRECTLY TO THE
VIEWER, REVEALING HIS OR HER INTERESTS OR PREJUDICES, THERE IS NO
DETAILED STUDY OF THEM, NO DISCUSSION OF THEIR EARLIEST HISTORY OR
DEVELOPMENT, AND NO ATTEMPT TO INTERPRET THE SYMBOLISM OF A LARGE
NUMBER OF THEM TOGETHER. IN THIS TALK CHET WILL DISCUSS THE EARLY
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CARTOUCHES, EXAMINE SOME OF THEIR SOURCES,
AND EXPLAIN THEIR SYMBOLISM OF SEVERAL REMARKABLE CARTOUCHES IN
DETAIL.
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