The Power of Disembodied Imagination
Perspective's Role in Cartography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14701019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ken Hillis (University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.3138/6343-2223-1331-8796 |
| OpenAlex | W2080983559 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
In almost opposite fashion to medieval maps, perspective technique helps in imagining how the human body conceptually might be set aside by the painter/viewer/discoverer/subject. This would allow a disembodied visual imagination to extend its point of view across a world cartographically laid out in advance. Bird's-eye-view plans are an intermediate hinge between perspective and cartography that helps condition early modern vision, and generates the speculative confidence needed for world discovery. The grid articulates distances, making great expanse manageable in advance, and legitimizes or embodies an imagined 'reality' not yet found
Aesthetics · Art · Aside · Epistemology · Literature · Painting · Perspective (graphical · Point (geometry · Power (physics · Set (abstract data type · Subject (documents · Visual arts · Computer Science · Historical Geography and Cartography · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2019 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |