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Networked nation : mapping German cities in Sebastian MuÌnster's 'Cosmographia' / by Jasper van Putten.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) NE962.C5 V36 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Putten, Jasper, author.
- Series:
- Maps, spaces, cultures ; volume 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- MuÌnster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. Cosmographia.
- MuÌnster, Sebastian.
- Cities and towns in art.
- Nationalism in art.
- National characteristics, German, in art.
- National characteristics, Swiss, in art.
- Wood-engraving, German--Themes, motives.
- Wood-engraving, German.
- Wood-engraving, Swiss--Themes, motives.
- Wood-engraving, Swiss.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 353 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
- Summary:
- In 'Networked Nation: Mapping German Cities in Sebastian MuÌnster?s 'Cosmographia', Jasper van Putten examines the groundbreaking woodcut city views in the German humanist Sebastian MuÌnster?s 'Cosmographia'. This description of the world, published in Basel from 1544 to 1628, glorified the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and engendered the city book genre. Van Putten argues that MuÌnster?s network of city view makers and contributors - from German princes and artists to Swiss woodcutters, draftsmen, and printers -0 expressed their local and national cultural identities in the views. The 'Cosmographia', and the city books it inspired, offer insights into the development of German and Swiss identity from 1550 to Switzerland?s independence from the empire in 1648.
- Contents:
- Sebastian MuÌnster and his city views
- City portraits
- The origins, politics, and economics of the city view
- Bishops vs. burger
- Ottheinrich's View of Heidelberg
- Depicting Swiss pride
- The evolution of the city book
- Conclusion : new world, new order.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Van Putten, Jasper. Networked nation.
- ISBN:
- 9789004335998
- 9004335994
- OCLC:
- 995014450
- Publisher Number:
- 99976607659
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