• Decorative map of Sardinia with illustrations on a dark blue background
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  • Decorative illustration with a horse, people, and text on a dark background
  • Decorative map of a coastal area with a horse and text on a blue background
  • Illustration of a steamboat and other ships on a dark blue background with a decorative border.
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Old pictorial map of Sardinia, 1950

SKU:  195396

Old pictorial map of Sardinia, 1950

€58,31 EUR
€58,31 EUR
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Giovanni De Agostini’s Sardegna (1950) is a richly illustrated pictorial map that celebrates the island of Sardinia through a synthesis of cartography, regional folklore, and mid-century graphic design. Produced in the postwar period, the map reflects the Italian tradition of decorative educational cartography, presenting Sardinia not merely as a geographic entity but as a vivid cultural and historical landscape.

The island is rendered as an animated tableau filled with miniature scenes that highlight Sardinia’s varied identity. Mountains, plains, and coastlines form the geographic framework, while towns, archaeological sites, ports, and inland villages are interspersed with depictions of pastoral life, fishing, agriculture, and traditional costume. Ancient Nuragic monuments, shepherds, festivals, and maritime activity often appear alongside references to the island’s Roman, medieval, and regional heritage, turning the map into a visual narrative as much as a geographic representation.

Characteristic of De Agostini’s pictorial style, the composition balances informative precision with decorative vitality. Place names and topographic features are carefully integrated with colorful vignettes, creating a map that invites both study and imaginative exploration. The surrounding seas are frequently enlivened with ships, compass roses, or historical references, reinforcing Sardinia’s longstanding identity as a Mediterranean crossroads. The work shares the exuberance of postwar travel graphics while retaining the educational clarity associated with the De Agostini publishing tradition.

Materials

Cotton canvas, matte photo paper, fine art paper, pigmented inks.

  • The canvas it's 99 % cotton, 450 gr/sqm;
  • The matte photo paper it's acid-free (archival paper), 190 gr/sqm;
  • The fine art photo paper it's satinated (semi-glossy), 140 gr/sqm.

Shipping & Returns

Dispatching time: 1-2 days.

* Standard shipping fee: The orders will be sent by priority registered mail, usually via client National Post (USPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, LaPoste, Deutsche Post, PostNL, etc). The delivery times are not guaranteed, sometimes it will take longer and these are beyond our control. Tracking number will be provided. Clients from US and Canada cannot track the parcels as the tracking numbers are not rolled in USPS and Canada Post systems.

* UPS standard: The orders will be sent with UPS expedited option. The delivery time it's between 5-11 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

* UPS express: The orders will be sent with UPS express saver. The delivery time it's between 4-7 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

Framing tips

Both type of materials, paper and canvas prints come rolled and will be need to be taken to your local framers.

The image it's printed with a border of 0.6 " (1.5 cm), for framing purposes only.

If you have already a frame, be sure you send us the exact size of the print that will fit inside the frame. We're printing on vectorial plotters so the size could slightly be more or less with 0.4" (1 cm).

If you plan to have the canvas print stretched on wooden frame, you'll need additional border, so please let us know after placing the order.

The images above was cropped from the image at the biggest size available (keeping the best quality and aspect /ratio), so, for good details please choose biggest dimensions that will suit your preferences / space.

Care Instructions

The print media (canvas or photo paper) could be cleaned only with a dry, soft cloth.

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