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Format: V, 237 Seiten , Karten, Diagramme , 24 cm

ISBN: 9780226255316 , 022625531X

Content: 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

Content: "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

Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-227) and index , Introduction: finding the consumers of sixteenth-century mapsCapturing 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.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780226255453

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Italien ; Kartenherstellung ; Kartografie ; Renaissance ; Geschichte 1420-1600

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Author information: Carlton, Genevieve

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Format: 1 online resource (244 p.)

ISBN: 0-226-25545-X

Content: 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 shows how map acquisition and display became central tools for constructing personal identity and impressing one's peers. Drawing on a variety of sixteenth-century sources, including household inventories, epigrams, dedications, catalogs, travel books, and advice manuals, Worldly Consumers studies how individuals displayed different maps in their homes as deliberate acts of self-fashioning. One citizen decorated with maps of Bruges, Holland, Flanders, and Amsterdam to remind visitors of his military prowess, for example, while another hung maps of cities where his ancestors fought or governed, in homage to his auspicious family history. Renaissance Italians turned domestic spaces into a microcosm of larger geographical places to craft cosmopolitan, erudite identities for themselves, creating a new class of consumers who drew cultural capital from maps of the time.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , 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 , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-226-25531-X

Language: English

DOI: 10.7208/9780226255453

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (V, 237 Seiten) : , Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten.

ISBN: 978-0-226-25545-3

Content: "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

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-0-226-25531-6

Language: English

Keywords: Karte ; Sammlung ; Buchmarkt

DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226255453.001.0001

Author information: Carlton, Genevieve