Worldly consumers: the demand for maps in Renaissance Italy
Introduction: finding the consumers of sixteenth-century maps -- Capturing the world on paper: the visual tradition and mapmaking -- The commerce of cartography: printing, price, and Francesco Rosselli -- A buyer's market: map ownership in Venice and Florence, 1460-1630 -- A world unknown to th...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago London
The University of Chicago Press
[2015]
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Carlton, Genevieve, Worldly Consumers: The Demand for Maps in Renaissance Italy] (2016) (Rosen, Mark)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Italy
/ Map printing
/ Cartography
/ Renaissance
/ History 1420-1600
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| Further subjects: | B
Map industry and trade (Italy)
History 16th century
B Maps Marketing History 16th century B Maps in art B Maps Marketing History 16th century B Maps Marketing Italy History B Map industry and trade History 16th century Italy B Map industry and trade |
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| Summary: | Introduction: finding the consumers of sixteenth-century maps -- Capturing the world on paper: the visual tradition and mapmaking -- The commerce of cartography: printing, price, and Francesco Rosselli -- A buyer's market: map ownership in Venice and Florence, 1460-1630 -- A world unknown to the ancients: the demand for cartographic novelty -- The power of knowledge: education and curiosity in cartographic prints -- Making an impression: the display of maps in sixteenth-century Italian homes -- Conclusion: worldly consumers and the meaning of maps "This book focuses on how inexpensive maps, produced for the masses, accrued cultural value for everyday consumers in Renaissance Italy, who wanted to own and display maps in their homes as works of art--not for practical use, but for their cultural capital as commodities"--ECIP info |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-227) and index |
| ISBN: | 022625531X |