[PDF.82pt] Printing a Mediterranean World: Florence, Constantinople, and the Renaissance of Geography (I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History)

Printing a Mediterranean World: Florence, Constantinople, and the Renaissance of Geography (I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History)

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 | #2133041 in Books |  Harvard University Press |  2013-02-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.20 x6.30 x9.30l,1.40 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Scholarship comes alive|By Brenda Dunn|This is a scholarly book about cartography in the late Medieval/early Renaissance. An original and well-researched examination, beautifully written and well-illustrated.| |"this compact, meticulous, and captivating study...contributes greatly to our knowledge of early Italian printmaking and visual culture. The author's analysis moves beyond matters normally associated with Renaissance printmaking to consider the social context

In 1482, the Florentine humanist and statesman Francesco Berlinghieri produced the Geographia, a book of over one hundred folio leaves describing the world in Italian verse, inspired by the ancient Greek geography of Ptolemy. The poem, divided into seven books (one for each day of the week the author “travels” the known world), is interleaved with lavishly engraved maps to accompany readers on this journey.

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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Printing a Mediterranean World: Florence, Constantinople, and the Renaissance of Geography (I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History)   |  Sean Roberts.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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