Ever noticed all the maps in Vermeer's paintings? Here's what they mean:
by Rozemarijn Landsman .No other 17th-century Dutch painter devoted as much attention to the rendering of cartographic works as Vermeer. In six of his paintings, an identifiable map adorns the walls of a domestic space.
Interpreting the significance of the maps in Vermeer’s art is challenging as there are few clues beyond what is presented by the paintings themselves. Maps, moreover, are complex objects, open to interpretation. Consider Vermeer’s depiction of the map in.
But it was not until James Welu’s groundbreaking studies in the 1970s that serious attention was given to the actual cartographic The wall maps have since played a role in numerous moralizing and politicizing interpretations of Vermeer’s paintings, linking his protagonists to themes of love, war, and national identity. But, despite Welu’s identifications of the maps, the art-historical discussion of them has often been superficial. Many an interpretation is based on general ideas of 17th-century Dutch wall maps, rather than each map’s specificity or the subtleties in Vermeer’s rendition of them.
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