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FRANCESCA FIORANI The Marvel of Maps. Art, Cartography and Politics in Renaissance Italy
Yale University Press. 2005. (ISBN: 0300107277) . Ill.: Laura Bolick (designer). Este libro es el primero en hablar detalladamente de la demostración tridimensional de los ciclos de mapas pintados y su significado en la cultura del Renacimiento. Fiorani es el profesor adjunto de Historia de Arte en la Universidad de Virginia. Placas cubiertas de cartas de oro.347 artísticas pp. Impreso en China. Con el apoyo del Museos del Vaticano. Mención honorífica Recibida para Premio 2006 Salimbeni, concedido por el Fondazione Salimbeni Entre los trabajos más hermosos y convincentes de arte del Renacimiento, los mapas pintados adornaron los pasillos y las galerías de palacios principescos. El historiador de arte Francesca Fiorani se fija en dos de los murales italiano de mapa que han sobrevivido, más significativos y maravillosos - el Guardaroba Nuova del Palazzo Vecchio, Florencia, comisionada por Duke Cosimo de 'Medici, y la Galería de Mapas en Vaticano, comisionado por el Papa Gregorio XIII. Ambos no sólo promovían empresas cartográficas, también imágenes políticas y religiosas poderosas. Presentando una interpretación original de la interacción entre el arte, la ciencia, la política, y la religión en la cultura de Renacimiento. 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.Fiorani is assistant professor of Art History in the University of Virginia. Cartonné cover with gold letters. With DJ illustrated with artistical photos.347 pp.Printed in China. With the support of the Vatican Museums.Received Honorable Mention for the 2006 Premio Salimbeni, awarded by the Fondazione Salimbeni Among the most beautiful and compelling works of Renaissance art, painted maps adorned the halls and galleries of princely palaces. Art historian Francesca Fiorani focuses on two of the most significant and marvelous surviving Italian map murals--the Guardaroba Nuova of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, commissioned by Duke Cosimo de' Medici, and the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican, commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII. Both cycles were not only pioneering cartographic enterprises but also powerful political and religious images. Presenting an original interpretation of the interaction between art, science, politics, and religion in Renaissance culture, the book also offers fresh insights into the Medici and papal courts. As New/As New.

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