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  1. Worlds apart
    the four continents and the "Civitates orbis terrarum"
    Author: Rosen, Mark
    Published: 2021

    Location:
    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek

    Location:
    Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Article (edited volume)
    Parent title:
    Bodies and maps / edited by Maryanne Cline Horowitz, Louise Arizzoli; Leiden ; Boston, 2021; Seite 238-252
    Subjects: Kontinent <Motiv>; Illustration
    Other subjects: Braun, Georg (1542-1622): Civitates orbis terrarum
    Scope: Illustrationen
  2. Maps, views, and chorographies
    an examination of the depiction of place and the representation of architecture in the "Civitates orbis terrarum" (1572)
    Author: Forniotis, Brittany
    Published: 2023

    This chapter explores the fabrication and meaning of the early modern European city views found in Frans Braun’s and Georg Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum (1572). It argues that despite their similitude to modern maps, the authors of the images... more

    Location:
    Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Bibliothek
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    No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent

    Location:
    Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte

     

    This chapter explores the fabrication and meaning of the early modern European city views found in Frans Braun’s and Georg Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum (1572). It argues that despite their similitude to modern maps, the authors of the images made distinct visual choices that advance visual arguments about the cities depicted, rather than simply documenting the cities as they were. Furthermore, it claims these images as chorographies, a specific type of city view utilizing elevated viewpoints, comingled visual perspectives, prominent and recognizable monumental architecture, and a general disinterest in charting the real navigability of the urban fabric.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Article (edited volume)
    Parent title:
    Media technologies and the digital humanities in medieval and Early Modern studies / edited by Katharine D. Scherff and Lane J. Sobehrad; New York ; London, 2023; Seite 63-77
    Subjects: Visualisierung; Stadt <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Braun, Georg (1542-1622): Civitates orbis terrarum
    Scope: Illustrationen