Description
This well-illustrated study investigates the symbolic dimensions of painted maps as products of ambitious early modern European courts.
About the Author
Mark Rosen is Assistant Professor of Aesthetic Studies at the University of Texas, Dallas. A specialist in the art and cartography of early modern Europe, he has published work in The Art Bulletin, Oud Holland, Nuncius, and the Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz. He was formerly a Fellow of the Medici Archive Project at the Archivio di Stato in Florence, and he has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Kress Foundation.
Reviews
'Mark Rosen's The Mapping of Power in Renaissance Italy: Painted Cartographic Cycles in Social and Intellectual Context struck us as the most original, most thoughtfully grounded in theory, best researched, and most beautifully written of the manuscripts.' Sixteenth Century Society and Conference Prize Committee
Awards
Winner of Founders Prize, Sixteenth Century Society and Conference 2014.
Book Information
ISBN 9781107067035
Author Mark Rosen
Format Hardback
Page Count 318
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 810g
Dimensions(mm) 261mm * 187mm * 18mm