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Full-Text Articles in Art and Design
The World As We Know It: Maps And Atlases From Special Collections, Archives And Special Collections, Luke Meagher
The World As We Know It: Maps And Atlases From Special Collections, Archives And Special Collections, Luke Meagher
Library Exhibits
Selections of maps and atlases from Sandor Teszler Library’s Special Collections are presented in this exhibit to show how, over time, cartographers have represented the world as we know it.
Between The Map And The Territory: Taking The World Apart In The Age Of Un-Discovery, Carla Lacey Fisher Schwartz
Between The Map And The Territory: Taking The World Apart In The Age Of Un-Discovery, Carla Lacey Fisher Schwartz
All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
The map is demonstrative of a basic human impulse, the desire to understand our surroundings and our position within the world. Through the activity of mapmaking, we aspire to comprehend comprehensively, but the very nature of the map allows for only partial understanding. Despite this objective for total knowledge, the blank space of a map is a necessity; in order for a map to be useful it must leave some aspects out. This blank space, along with other blanks in visual representation, is an active silence, and holds meaning in its absence.
While the map attempts to represent a territory, …
Blockprint September 16, 1957, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives
Blockprint September 16, 1957, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives
All Student Newspapers
Blockprint was a student magazine published throughout the 1950s-60s. The September 16, 1957 issue is the first of the school year and features articles on convocation, the construction of new dormitories, student scholarships, RISD Museum exhibits on Picasso and Peanuts, new faculty and staff appointments, the extension school, the RISD President, the incoming freshman class, and social events; a faculty profile.