Unifying Prospects
Tinting Geological Maps in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14701015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allison Ksiazkiewicz (0000-0003-4531-9675, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 159-174 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cart.51.3.3569 |
| OpenAlex | W2520510724 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
Geologically interested savants of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries described three-dimensional spatial relationships through the visual language of maps and sections of the Earth. At this time, there was a debate whether colour or line should feature in mapping our strata. Colour was an identifying characteristic of Wernerian mineralogy, but the exact manner in which colour should be employed in representing a mineralogical landscape remained controversial. According to the engineer and geologist William Smith (1769–1839), words or symbols, engraved on a map, marred a visual simplicity that accommodated an immediate understanding of the area represented. Colour enabled a quick and rational study of the countryside so that the savant instantly visualized the logic of the landscape. André-Jean-Marie Brochant de Villiers (1792–1857), professor of geology and mineralogy at École des Mines, argued differently. In a letter to Thomas Webster (1773–1844), he remarked on the difficulty of correlating colours in the key with those of strata when studying Greenough's Map of England and Wales (1819). By examining techniques of representation and the use of colour, this paper discusses the importance of aesthetics in the depiction of geological landscape
Archaeology · Art · Depiction · Epistemology · Feature (linguistics · Geologic map · Geologist · Linguistics · Representation (politics · Simplicity · Visual arts · Archaeological Research and Protection · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · History · History of Science and Natural History · Philosophy · Geology · Paleontology
Metropolis and Province (Routledge Library Editions
Landscape and ideology
Bursting the Limits of Time
The Great Devonian Controversy
The Making of Geology
The re‐mapping of England, 1750–1800
The Influence of Goethe's Farbenlehre on Early Geological Map Colouring
Mapping the landscape
Goethe's Colour Theory
Arthur Aikin's Mineralogical Survey of Shropshire 1796–1816, and the contemporary audience for geological publications
The Foundation of the Geological Society of London
Unpacking Goethe's collections
Hutton and Werner Compared
Controversy in Victorian Geology
The Emergence of a Visual Language for Geological Science 1760-1840
Ideas and Organizations in British Geology
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