When the imaginative journeys of contemporary artists incorporate elements from a cartographer’s toolkit, these borrowings can add narrative, semi-narrative or abstract depth to a work of art. To offer comparison and commentary to encourage exploration of each artwork, maps from several centuries have been selected from the collection of the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library. Our intention in presenting these juxtapositions is to cross the traditional boundaries of art and cartography to stimulate fresh appreciation of both media.
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Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Copley Square
Boston, MA
42.3494163, -71.0788285
Crossing Boundaries: Art // Maps
