What Can We Learn from the Masters? Color Schemas on Paintings as the Source for Color Ranges Applicable in Cartography

Friedmannová, Lucie

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“…Lastly, it may be interesting to find new color practices coming from other visual domains. Using color from artistic paintings and painters' practices to enhance the aesthetic objective of the map, while improving its quality, has been tested by Feranec and Pravda (2009), Friedmannova (2009), and Christophe (2011)-see Figure 1.…”

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Expressive Map Design Based on Pop Art: Revisit of Semiology of Graphics?

Christophe

Hoarau

2012

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Is aesthetics an objective in the map design process? This question echoes our long-term research: does aesthetic quality improve map efficiency? In this paper, we discuss the notions of aesthetic response, objective and experience proposed by Kent (2005), and their relevance for making more expressive personalized maps. We first present the state of present research related to these notions and our interpretations. Then we present asystematic approach for rendering geographic data in a cartographic style based on the visual properties of Pop Art; the resulting maps are more vibrant and expressive. We consider this result a first step towards enhancing map quality. The proposition of a Pop Art cartographic style leads us to revisit some theoretical and practical principles of Semiology of Graphics (Bertin 1967), considering our experience with color contrasts and new approach for using texture. We conclude that expressive cartographic renderings would be useful for every mapmaker, and in the context of personalized map design, providing more elaborate tools could improve the design process and the resultant maps. Improving map quality is a question of managing visual variables in a traditional way—according to Bertin’s Semiology of Graphics—but also in a more artistic way, in order to find better cartographic representation according to the preferences, needs, and purposes of the mapmaker.

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Expressive Map Design Based on Pop Art: Revisit of Semiology of Graphics?

Christophe

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2012

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“…Two papers at the symposium were devoted to the application of artists' (Monet's and Matisse's) colour schemes to problems relating to colour in cartographic works. One paper concerned their application to topographic maps (Christophe, 2009), and the other concerned the creation of colour scales in thematic maps (Friedmannová, 2009). These contributions demonstrate that there is plenty of interest and inspiration in the works of the great masters.…”

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Colour Contrast in Cartographic Works Using the Principles of Johannes Itten

Bláha

Štěrba

2014

The Cartographic Journal

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Colour is considered a key means of expression for use in cartographic works. This is because colours and the relations among them influence not only the aesthetic impression a map creates but also its overall utility. In addition to Newton's spectral colour theory, today theories with origins in artistic technique are gaining ground in cartography. This article introduces J. Itten's colour theory (first published in 1961 in The Art of Colour [Kunst der Farbe]) with special attention given to his concept of seven colour contrasts. The article also discusses the suitability and unsuitability of their application in practical cartography, and it contributes original examples employing thematic maps, a discipline with broad possibilities for the application of these inventive methods by today's mapmakers.

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“…In addition, part of exploring the relationship between cartography and art focuses on the use of color [2,3]. Paintings can be a source of inspiration for cartographers when it comes to choosing and using color.…”

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Cartography and Art: A Comparative Study Based on Color

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2022

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Color occupies a prominent place in the bibliography of cartography, as it is an important element in the formation of cartographic symbolization. Apart from the technical issues of its application to maps, color theory is one of the elements that connect maps with art. In this paper various cartographic trends and their origins are examined and correlated with the artistic periods in which they were developed in order to investigate and document the extent to which maps follow the artistic movements and, particularly in the art of painting, concerning the form and the content of the maps and whether color can be used as an identification element of the art trend and the corresponding period. The research spans from the end of the Middle Ages to the 21st century and is referred spatially in Western Europe, including Italy. The comparison of colors is made in both descriptive and quantitative terms through the commentary of hue, brightness, and saturation, as well as through plotting them in the color wheel, a process that allows an overview of the range and location of color sequences. Concluding, the paintings and maps that were selected and examined in detail support the effect of painting on maps, without implying that it is intentional.

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What Can We Learn from the Masters? Color Schemas on Paintings as the Source for Color Ranges Applicable in Cartography

Cited by 7 publications

References 2 publications

Expressive Map Design Based on Pop Art: Revisit of Semiology of Graphics?

Expressive Map Design Based on Pop Art: Revisit of Semiology of Graphics?

Colour Contrast in Cartographic Works Using the Principles of Johannes Itten

Cartography and Art: A Comparative Study Based on Color

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