The Marvel Of Maps
Art, Cartography, And Politics In Renaissance Italy
Fiorani, Francesca
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BOOK SUMMARY
Among the most beautiful and compelling works of Renaissance art, painted maps adorned the halls and galleries of princely palaces. This book is the first to discuss in detail the three-dimensional display of these painted map cycles and their full meanin
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Among the most beautiful and compelling works of Renaissance art, painted maps adorned the halls and galleries of princely palaces. This book is the first to discuss in detail the three-dimensional display of these painted map cycles and their full meaning in Renaissance culture.
Art historian Francesca Fiorani focuses on two of the most significant and marvelous surviving Italian map murals--the Guardaroba Nuova of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, commissioned by Duke Cosimo de' Medici, and the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican, commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII. Both cycles were not only pioneering cartographic enterprises but also powerful political and religious images. Presenting an original interpretation of the interaction between art, science, politics, and religion in Renaissance culture, the book also offers fresh insights into the Medici and papal courts.
BOOK EXCERPTS
130 b/w + 30 color illus.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0300107277
ISBN(13-digit): 9780300107272
Copyright: 2005
Dewey Decimal: 526/.0945/09031
Library of Congress: 2004023964
Book Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 347
Paper Weight (lb): 3.15 lb
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