The global eye : Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese maps in the collections of the Gran Duke Cosimo III de' Medici

Cattaneo, Angelo (EDT)/ Corbellini, Sabrina (EDT)

• ページ数 241 p.／サイズ 23 x 25 cm
• 商品コード 9788874614783
• DDC分類 912

基本説明

Catalog of an exhibition held in Biblioteca medicea Laurenziana, Florence, Italy, November 7, 2019-May 29, 2020.

Full Description

The Global Eye. Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese Maps in the Collections of the Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici is the companion catalogue to the exhibition of the same name. For the first time, it presents all 82 'Castello' maps in colour. The maps are so named because from the end of the 18th century until their transfer to the Laurentian Library in 1921 they decorated the rooms of the Medicean villa of Castello outside Florence.

From 1667 to 1669, the young Grand Duke Cosimo III conducted his grand tour, which took him to various countries in Europe. While in the Low Countries on his first journey he purchased 65 maps and hand-drawn views of cities; on his second, longer trip he arrived in Lisbon, where he bought copies of maritime maps. The collection of maps and colonial vistas from Holland, Portugal and Spain provide us with insight into the shape of the world in the mid-17th century as well as information about the circulation of people and ideas.

The catalogue describes and accurately analyses each map while providing details on the places shown and the contents of the legends and captions, when these are present. The essays discuss the history of the maps, from the time of their purchase by the grand duke to their arrival at the Laurentian Library.

Contents

Preface, Anna Rita Fantoni
Introduction, Angelo Cattaneo and Sabrina Corbellini
Cosimo III's Tour of the Netherlands (1667-8), Sabrina Corbellini
Cosimo III and the Global World of the Mid-17th Century
through the Carte di Castello Collection, Angelo Cattaneo
Cosimo III de' Medici's Maps at Villa di Castello, Ilaria Giannotti
The Carte di Castello at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Anna Rita Fantoni
Catalogue raisonné of the Carte di Castello, Angelo Cattaneo and Sabrina Corbellini
Cosimo and the Carte di Castello: the contexts Eugenia Antonucci, Sandro Bellesi, Alberto Bruschi, Fabio D'Angelo, Giovanna Frosini, Marco Mozzo, Silvia Scipioni
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