Green, Gray and White. Nature and Architecture in the Maps of Catastro de Ensenada and the sketches of Diccionario Geográfico by Tomás López

Abstract

As opposed to the grey line that defines public and private space of cohabitation, and the colour white that takes us to marginal, unproductive or inaccessible spaces, we find in these images the colour green as an expression of that remote sensibility –almost magical– which links man with nature. The study of the colour, lines and composition of the maps that appear in the Respuestas Generales of the Catastro de Ensenada and the sketches sent by the pastors of the different Spanish cities to the geographer Tomás López, in this article I analyse.

Keywords

• paisaje rural
• percepción
• representación
• catastro de ensenada
• tomás lópez
• siglo xviii.