Worldly Consumers : The Demand for Maps in Renaissance Italy /

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Though the practical value of maps during the sixteenth century is well documented, their personal and cultural importance has been relatively underexamined. In Worldly Consumers, Genevieve Carlton explores the growing availability of maps to private consumers during the Italian Renaissance and show...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carlton, Genevieve (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Map industry and trade > Italy > History > 16th century.
Maps in art.
Maps > Marketing > History > 16th century.
HISTORY / General.
italian history, venice, rome, italy, cartography, geography, mapmaking, cartographers, cultural importance, private consumers, renaissance, map display, personal identity, status symbols, 16th century world, household inventories, epigrams, dedications, catalogs, travel books, advice manuals, acts of self-fashioning, military prowess, city maps, auspicious family background, domestic spaces, geographical places, erudite identities, high society, wealthy patrons, culture change.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Capturing the World on Paper: The Visual Tradition and Mapmaking
  • 2. The Commerce of Cartography: Printing, Price, and Francesco Rosselli
  • 3. A Buyer's Market: Map Ownership in Venice and Florence, 1460- 1630
  • 4. A World Unknown to the Ancients: The Demand for Cartographic Novelty
  • 5. The Power of Knowledge: Education and Curiosity in Cartographic Prints
  • 6. Making an Impression: The Display of Maps in Sixteenth- Century Italian Homes
  • Conclusion: Worldly Consumers and the Meaning of Maps
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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