Geodetski list, Vol. 70 (93) No. 4, 2016.
Review article
The Aesthetics in Cartography from the Renaissance to Today
Branko Puceković
; State Geodetic Administration, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Featured uomo universale in Renaissance Italy was Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), a versatile artist and scientist. In this article is described only those of his works related to land surveying and mapping activities. With the entry into service of Cesare Borgia, he made high quality topographic maps: Chiana Valley, west of Tuscany, swamps Pontino, the Arno river valley and a city plan of Imola. Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), a philosopher of German classical idealism, in his Critique of Judgement the term aesthetics was used for the first time, but only formalistic. Alexander G. Baumgarten (1714–1762) is considered the founder of philosophical aesthetics. Aesthetics is defined as the science of sensory knowledge. Modern cartographers believe that cartography is art and science. Aesthetic elements of the map are estimated at examples of two maps: Automap of Istria in the scale of 1:200 000 and topographic maps at a scale of 1:25 000 – sheet Turopolje. The first map was estimated good and the other very good.
Keywords
cartography; map; aesthetics; philosophy; art
Hrčak ID:
178882
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2016.
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