Printing a Mediterranean World: Florence, Constantinople, and the Renaissance of Geography - Couverture rigide

Roberts, Sean

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0674066480 ISBN 13 : 9780674066489

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Florence, Constantinople, and the Renaissance of Geography

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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. Sean Roberts demonstrates that the Geographia represents the moment of transition between printing and manuscript culture, while forming a critical base for the rise of modern cartography. Simultaneously, the use of the Geographia as a diplomatic gift from Florence to the Ottoman Empire tells another story. This exchange expands our understanding of Mediterranean politics, European perceptions of the Ottomans, and Ottoman interest in mapping and print. The envoy to the Sultan represented the aspirations of the Florentine state, which chose not to bestow some other highly valued good, such as the city's renowned textiles, but instead the best example of what Florentine visual, material, and intellectual culture had to offer.

Revue de presse :

Through his meticulous study of Francesco Berlinghieri's "Geographia", Roberts deftly touches on some of the most timely and topical areas of recent research in the field of early modern studies: Artistic agency, materiality, patronage, print culture and the nature of 'the Renaissance' itself. --Giancarlo Casale, University of Minnesota"

Roberts' account of Berlinghieri's intellectual biography is informed and rewarding... The old progressivist vision of history and universal concept of objectivity has no place in Sean Roberts' exposition. This book has a good chance of becoming a classic on the subject. --Alessandro Scafi, Times Literary Supplement, 21 March 2014

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0674066480
• ISBN 13: 9780674066489
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336