How Maps Work
How Maps Work

Author: Alan M. MacEachren

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2004-06-21

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9781572300408

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Now available in paperback for the first time, this classic work presents a cognitive-semiotic framework for understanding how maps work as powerful, abstract, and synthetic spatial representations. Explored are the ways in which the many representational choices inherent in mapping interact with information processing and knowledge construction, and how the resulting insights can be used to make informed symbolization and design decisions. A new preface to the paperback edition situates the book within the context of contemporary technologies. As the nature of maps continues to evolve, Alan MacEachren emphasizes the ongoing need to think systematically about the ways people interact with and use spatial information.

The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals
The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals

Author: John Fitchen

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 0226252035

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"This study enables us to appreciate more fully the technical expertise and improvements which enabled the creative spirit of the day to find such splendid embodiment". -- James Lingwood, Oxford Art Journal Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

On the Art of Building in Ten Books
On the Art of Building in Ten Books

Author: Leon Battista Alberti

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1991-07-01

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780262510608

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De Re Aedificatoria, by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), was the first modern treatise on the theory and practice of architecture. Its importance for the subsequent history of architecture is incalculable, yet this is the first English translation based on the original, exceptionally eloquent Latin text on which Alberti's reputation as a theorist is founded.