Using Art in GEO education
The Geography Lesson (Portrait of Monsieur Gaudry and His Daughter), Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1812, From the collection of: Kimbell Art Museum
"Historical geography was promoted as a field of study for both boys and girls in Napoleonic France, the maps of whose territories were subject to frequent revision with each new conquest. Here the sphinx and pyramid in the cartouche of the map no doubt refer to Napoleon’s Egyptian expedition of 1798–1801; the globe shows Europe and Africa. The fine detail of The Geography Lesson is indebted to Dutch genre paintings of the seventeenth century, many incorporating maps and books into middle-class homes."
print; coloured etching and aquatint - A Balloon View of London as seen from Hampstead, Banks & Co.; Wilson, Effingham, 1851, From the collection of: Museum of London
View of the Château de Fontainebleau, Pierre-Denis Martin, 1718/1723, From the collection of: Château de Fontainebleau
Check out the Chateau today: http://bit.ly/17fpVJw
The Exhibition Building Melbourne 1880, from the South East Showing the Main Hall, Joseph Reed, 1879, From the collection of: Museums Victoria
Check out this building on Google Earth. What does the neighborhood look like today? How has the building changed?
The Art of Painting, Jan Vermeer, 1666/1668, From the collection of: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
The painting on the wall is of the Netherlands. Why?
Officer and Laughing Girl, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1657, From the collection of: The Frick Collection
Another painting featuring the Netherlands on the wall. Notice it is in the same room as the Art of Painting.
Mexico, Egnazio Danti, 1565, From the collection of: Palazzo Vecchio Museum
The Palazzo Vecchio Museum contains a number of amazing maps to check out.
Anatolian peninsula with ancient toponyms and Middle East, Egnazio Danti, 1565, From the collection of: Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Where is Anatolian peninsula? Can you determine where it is by the features on the map?
Polar lands imagined above Greenland, Stefano Bonsignori, 1575/1586, From the collection of: Palazzo Vecchio Museum
The siege of Florence, Jan Van der Straet (known as Giovanni Stradano), 1556/1562, From the collection of: Palazzo Vecchio Museum
A fun map to compare to Florence today.
Map of the River Nile From Its Estuary South, Piri Reis, late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman), From the collection of: The Walters Art Museum
View of the Ducal Palace in Venice, Canaletto Canal, Before 1755, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
One of two different interpretations of the same place by the same artist.
Bucentaur's return to the pier by the Palazzo Ducale, Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1728/1729, From the collection of: The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
The second of two different interpretations of the same place by the same artist.
Map of Europe, Jean-Claude Dezauche, 1789, From the collection of: The Wilanów Palace Museum
Map of Europe from 1789
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