Isn't it interesting, then, how various artists can view that same objective reality so differently?
A map of Florida from Walt Disney's Dumbo, with storks parachuting baby animals down on the circus.
The earth as a jester, with cautionary Latin maxims.
New York City as a huge penis
A map of London from the 1851 World's Fair
The earth may appear constant to a farmer or an engineer building a road. A map maker has tools and standards to depict the earth as objectively as possible. Artists look at the same object, but what a blaze of creativity in their responses!
The earth as perceived in 1940s romantic fiction, where the single most important thing on the planet is that rendezvous with your true love
A 15th century map of the earth
A 4th century map of the earth
A Hollywood map shows how California contains a microcosm of the rest of the world for purposes of filming movies.
A Hollywood map shows how California contains a microcosm of the rest of the world for purposes of filming movies.
