Fourth Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography

Mapmaker’s Vision, Beholder’s Eyes: The Art of Maps

 

Traditionally maps have served utilitarian purposes, such as tracing the contours of coastlines; marking the location of geological formations, vegetation, and other physical characteristics; outlining political and cultural features; and getting us from point A to point B, just to name a few. But maps also resonate aesthetically with their creators and users. The Fourth Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography will explore the many ways in which maps reflect the connection between cartography and art. Throughout history, there has been a close relationship between maps and art--between the science of mapmaking and the creative and artistic expression that makers of maps have reflected in their work. Indeed, the art in maps facilitates the ways in which maps achieve their purpose, and this will be the focus of the lectures.

pROGRAM

The University of Texas at Arlington
Central Library, sixth floor Atrium


9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Registration and Refreshments

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions

10:15 - 11:15 a.m.
"The Eye of the Beholder:
On the Beauty of Maps"
Dennis Reinhartz
Professor of History, The University of Texas at Arlington

11:15  - 11:30 a.m.
Break

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
"Art in Modern Cartography"
Patricia Gilmartin
Professor Geography, University of South Carolina

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch (provided)

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
"Bringing Home the War:
Military Violence in Art and Cartography"
Denis Cosgrove
Professor Geography, University of California, Los Angeles

 

 2:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Break

2:45 - 3:45 p.m.
"Urban Maps as Painting:
From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance"
Lucia Nuti
Professor of Art History, University of Pisa

3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
Remarks

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Reception and Exhibition Opening
"Mapmaker's Vision, Beholder's Eyes:
The Art of Maps

7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Dinner in the Atrium

8:00 - 9:00 p.m.
"The 1980 Art and Cartography Lectures
of the Newberry Library Revisited"
David Woodward
Arthur Robinson Professor of Geography Emeritus,
University of Wisconsin, Madison


 
 

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For more information about the Garrett Lectures or the Texas Map Society meeting, please contact:

Kit Goodwin
Special Collections, UTA Libraries ∙ Box 19497 ∙ Arlington, Texas 76019-0497
Phone: 817-272-5329 ∙ Fax: 817-272-3360 ∙ email: goodwin@uta.edu