The marvel of maps : art, cartography and politics in Renaissance Italy

The marvel of maps : art, cartography and politics in Renaissance Italy /

"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...

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Author / Contributor: Fiorani, Francesca (Author)
Imprint: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005]
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Gregory > XIII, > Pope, > 1502-1585.
Cosimo > I, > Grand-Duke of Tuscany, > 1519-1574
Gregory > XIII, > Pope, > 1502-1585
Renaissance > Italy.
Art, Renaissance > Italy > Florence.
Art, Renaissance > Italy > Rome.
Florence (Italy) > Court and courtiers.
Rome (Italy) > Court and courtiers.
Table of Contents:
  • Interpreting Renaissance map cycles
  • The Guardaroba Nuova
  • "The cosmos is Cosimo's ornament"
  • The ordering of maps
  • The mapping of the modern world
  • The Sala Bologna of Gregory XIII
  • The gallery of maps
  • The primacy of Italy
  • The mapping of the universal church.

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