Colorful international maps wall art taps into the fascination people have for maps. Mankind has been etching and making observations about the world around him since the dawn of time. The earliest evidence that man was mapping his world dates back to 16500BC.
American Flat and Naxart have great collections of colorful international maps art with outlines of the various countries of the world. Rome, Siena, Lazio and Milan are all in the hundreds of names that fill the outline of Italy, one of the many countries that American Flat has produced this type of map for.
There are lots of eye-catching watercolors of the nations of the world with the year in which that nation was either formed or gained its independence. Germany is there, established in 962 and Portugal in 868. South Africa is a lot younger having gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1910.
Cities are also given the treatment in colorful international maps artwork. Laura Marshall has taken the city grids of Paris, London, Rome and New York and etched them in gold. The result is fascinating. The clearly identifiable city grid shows off streets in white and the city blocks in gold. These beautiful maps would make very elegant wall hangings in a corporate boardroom or reception area or in the lounge or dining room of an upmarket home.
