The Mapping of Power in Renaissance Italy Painted Cartographic Cycles in Social and Intellectual Context |
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| Author:
| Rosen, Mark |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-58925-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | AUD $200.00 |
Book Description:
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Challenging the belief that maps are strictly neutral or technical markers of geographic progress, this well-illustrated study investigates the symbolic and propagandistic dimensions of painted maps as products of the competitive and ambitious early modern European court culture that produced them.
Challenging the belief that maps are strictly neutral or technical markers of geographic progress, this well-illustrated study investigates the symbolic and propagandistic dimensions of painted maps as products of the competitive and ambitious early modern European court culture that produced them.