Mapping the City
Subtitle: The Language and Culture of Cartography in the Renaissance
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780826456366
Subjects: History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; History of ideas, intellectual history; Map making & projections; Social history; History - General History; History: World; Earth Sciences - Geography; General; Renaissance; Cartography; Cities and towns, Renaissance; Europe; History; Maps; To 1500
Description: "The reader is invited to appreciate the importance of maps for understanding urban civilization. As a primary means of communication, maps are expressions of power and political propaganda, schemes for military operations, guides for pilgrimages, and vehicles for ideal city planning. Tied to their contexts, patrons, and creators (from Alberti to Leonardo), they reveal the history, structure and development of cities. The author further celebrates maps as works of art which not only serve practical needs but function as emblems of civic humanism."--Jacket.