Networked nation : mapping German cities in Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia / Jasper van Putten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Putten, Jasper, author.

Series:

Maps, Spaces, Cultures 1.

Maps, Spaces, Cultures, 2352-7900 ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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.

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. Cosmographia.

Münster, Sebastian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

In Networked Nation: Mapping German Cities in Sebastian Münster’s 'Cosmographia' , Jasper van Putten examines the groundbreaking woodcut city views in the German humanist Sebastian Münster’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 Münster’s network of city view makers and contributors—from German princes and artists to Swiss woodcutters, draftsmen, and printers—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:

Preliminary Material / Jasper van Putten

Introduction: Networked Nation / Jasper van Putten

Sebastian Münster and His City Views / Jasper van Putten

City Portraits / Jasper van Putten

The Origins, Politics, and Economics of the City View / Jasper van Putten

Bishops vs. Bürger / Jasper van Putten

Ottheinrich’s View of Heidelberg / Jasper van Putten

Depicting Swiss Pride / Jasper van Putten

The Evolution of the City Book / Jasper van Putten

Conclusion: New World, New Order / Jasper van Putten

Tables / Jasper van Putten

Appendix 1 Von Contrafhetung der stetten / Jasper van Putten

Appendix 2 Vermanung / Jasper van Putten

Appendix 3 Letter by Johann V von Isenburg-Grenzau / Jasper van Putten

Appendix 4 Analysis of the Genealogical Tree of Friedrich II and Ottheinrich / Jasper van Putten

Appendix 5 City View Title Pages – Latin Edition / Jasper van Putten

Appendix 6 City View Title Pages – German Edition / Jasper van Putten

Bibliography / Jasper van Putten

Index / Jasper van Putten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-35396-8

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004353961 DOI