{"id":1787754,"date":"2019-09-25T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787754"},"modified":"2019-09-18T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T14:00:00","slug":"when-artists-drew-maps-a-new-exhibition-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/09\/when-artists-drew-maps-a-new-exhibition-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"When Artists Drew Maps: A New Exhibition in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A new exhibition opens today at the Archives Nationales in Paris: Quand les artistes dessinaient les cartes<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (\u201cWhen Artists Drew Maps\u201d), an exploration of\u00a0vues figur\u00e9es<\/em> \u2014what we might refer to today as chorographic maps or panoramas\u2014drawn by artists from the 14th to the 16th century. \u201cPresented for the most part for the first time to the public, these works shed new light on the landscapes and scenes of everyday life at the turn of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.\u201d<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0Nearly 100 original maps on display.\u00a0At the H\u00f4tel de Soubise site in Paris until 7 January 2020, 8\u20ac\/5\u20ac. [Tony Campbell<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new exhibition opens today at the Archives Nationales in Paris: Quand les artistes dessinaient les cartes (\u201cWhen Artists Drew Maps\u201d), an exploration of\u00a0vues figur\u00e9es \u2014what we might refer to today as chorographic maps or… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1385,50,172],"class_list":["post-1787754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-archives-nationales","tag-exhibitions","tag-paris","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1788053,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/11\/old-maps-of-montreal\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787754,"position":0},"title":"Old Maps of Montreal","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 November 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"MTLBlog digs into the digital holdings of the Biblioth\u00e8que et Archives nationales du Qu\u00e9bec (BAnQ) to present some vintage maps of Montr\u00e9al. The BAnQ has more than 20,000 maps in its digital collection, ranging from the 16th century to the present day; said holdings include maps from before the Conquest,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Map of the City of Montreal (1843)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/montreal-1843-banq-1024x689.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/montreal-1843-banq-1024x689.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/montreal-1843-banq-1024x689.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/montreal-1843-banq-1024x689.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1831161,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/05\/new-leventhal-exhibition-heaven-and-earth-the-blue-maps-of-china\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787754,"position":1},"title":"New Leventhal Exhibition: ‘Heaven and Earth: The Blue Maps of China’","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"17 May 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"Daqing wannian yitong dili quantu (Suzhou, ca. 1820). Map, Prussian blue ink on xuan paper mounted as folding screen, 112\u00d7249 cm. MacLean Collection Map Library, Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center. A new exhibition at the Boston Public Library\u2019s Leventhal Map Center, Heaven and Earth: The Blue Maps of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/daqing-wannian-yitong-dili-quantu-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/daqing-wannian-yitong-dili-quantu-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/daqing-wannian-yitong-dili-quantu-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/daqing-wannian-yitong-dili-quantu-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/daqing-wannian-yitong-dili-quantu-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/daqing-wannian-yitong-dili-quantu-1.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1784881,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/01\/geographical-fun-the-teenager-who-drew-serio-comic-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787754,"position":2},"title":"Geographical Fun: The Teenager Who Drew Serio-Comic Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"29 January 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"We've seen \"serio-comic\" or caricature maps before, most of them dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but Caitlin takes us behind the scenes with a story about one of the artists behind such maps. The twelve maps published in Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/geographical-fun-1024x611.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/geographical-fun-1024x611.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/geographical-fun-1024x611.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/geographical-fun-1024x611.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5886,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/11\/osher-map-art-exhibition-opens-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787754,"position":3},"title":"Osher Map Art Exhibition Opens Today","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 November 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"Opening today at the Osher Map Library in Portland, Maine and running until 10 March 2018, an exhibition of cartographic art called\u00a0Go Where the Map Takes You: The Intersection of Cartography and Creativity. \"Maps show many versions of our world, for many purposes, but their simplest purpose is to show\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/osher-go-where-the-map.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/osher-go-where-the-map.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/osher-go-where-the-map.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/osher-go-where-the-map.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4328,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/04\/early-french-maps-of-the-great-lakes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787754,"position":4},"title":"Early French Maps of the Great Lakes","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 April 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"On Tuesday,\u00a0Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Palomino of the\u00a0Biblioth\u00e8que et Archives nationales du Qu\u00e9bec gave a talk on early French mapmaking efforts in the Great Lakes region at the University of Michigan. 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The 18th-century map takes three sheets to trace the course of the St. Lawrence from the Ottawa River to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/carte-du-cours-du-fleuve-st-laurent-1024x758.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/carte-du-cours-du-fleuve-st-laurent-1024x758.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/carte-du-cours-du-fleuve-st-laurent-1024x758.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/carte-du-cours-du-fleuve-st-laurent-1024x758.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1787754"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1787759,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787754\/revisions\/1787759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1787754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1787754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1787754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}