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In this piece I commented on the established cartographic and cultural conventions in the most obvious way: I used a cylinder Gall-Peters projection, which differs from the ubiquitous Mercator projection in that it gives a more-or-less accurate (though some distortion nevertheless remains) representation of the size of the continents. The widely used Mercator Map unjustly enlarges the Northern Hemisphere at the expense of teh Southern, which makes the main continents of the Western Civilization – Europe and North America – appear larger with respect to, for example, Africa or South America. In order to further stress my point, I turned the map upside down so as to remove another convention, which is placing North atop. Another thing…
In this piece I commented on the established cartographic and cultural conventions in the most obvious way: I used a cylinder Gall-Peters projection, which differs from the ubiquitous Mercator projection in that it gives a more-or-less accurate (though some distortion nevertheless remains) representation of the size of the continents. The widely used Mercator Map unjustly enlarges the Northern Hemisphere at the expense of teh Southern, which makes the main continents of the Western Civilization – Europe and North America – appear larger with respect to, for example, Africa or South America. In order to further stress my point, I turned the map upside down so as to remove another convention, which is placing North atop. Another thing…
In this piece I commented on the established cartographic and cultural conventions in the most obvious way: I used a cylinder Gall-Peters projection, which differs from the ubiquitous Mercator projection in that it gives a more-or-less accurate (though some distortion nevertheless remains) representation of the size of the continents. The widely used Mercator Map unjustly enlarges the Northern Hemisphere at the expense of teh Southern, which makes the main continents of the Western Civilization – Europe and North America – appear larger with respect to, for example, Africa or South America. In order to further stress my point, I turned the map upside down so as to remove another convention, which is placing North atop. Another thing…
In this piece I commented on the established cartographic and cultural conventions in the most obvious way: I used a cylinder Gall-Peters projection, which differs from the ubiquitous Mercator projection in that it gives a more-or-less accurate (though some distortion nevertheless remains) representation of the size of the continents. The widely used Mercator Map unjustly enlarges the Northern Hemisphere at the expense of teh Southern, which makes the main continents of the Western Civilization – Europe and North America – appear larger with respect to, for example, Africa or South America. In order to further stress my point, I turned the map upside down so as to remove another convention, which is placing North atop. Another thing…

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the Gall-Peters Map Painting

Miljenko ŠImić

Croatia

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 248.9 W x 157.5 H x 5.1 D cm

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In this piece I commented on the established cartographic and cultural conventions in the most obvious way: I used a cylinder Gall-Peters projection, which differs from the ubiquitous Mercator projection in that it gives a more-or-less accurate (though some distortion nevertheless remains) represent...

Year Created:

2012

Subject:

Culture

Styles:

Expressionism

, 

Abstract Expressionism

, 

Geoexpressionism

 

Mediums:

Oil

, 

Plaster

, 

straw

, 

Wax

, 

Canvas

 

Mediums:

Multi-paneled Painting, Oil on Canvas

Rarity:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

248.9 W x 157.5 H x 5.1 D cm

Number of Panels:

2

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Not Applicable

Frame:

Not Framed

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Certificate is Included

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Croatia.

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Artist who lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.

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