Description |
1 online resource. |
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Series |
Maps, spaces, cultures ; Volume 1
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Maps, spaces, cultures ; Volume 1.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Sebastian Münster 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. |
Summary |
In 'Networked Nation: Mapping German Cities in Sebastian Mun̈ster's 'Cosmographia', Jasper van Putten examines the groundbreaking woodcut city views in the German humanist Sebastian Mun̈ster'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 Mun̈ster'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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. Cosmographia.
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Cosmographia (Münster, Sebastian) |
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Cities and towns in art.
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Cities and towns in art. |
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Nationalism in art.
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Nationalism in art. |
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National characteristics, German, in art.
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National characteristics, German, in art. |
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National characteristics, Swiss, in art.
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National characteristics, Swiss, in art. |
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Wood-engraving, German -- Themes, motives.
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Wood-engraving, German. |
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Themes, motives. |
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Wood-engraving, Swiss -- Themes, motives.
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Wood-engraving, Swiss. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Van Putten, Jasper. Networked nation. Boston : Brill, 2018 9789004335998 (DLC) 2017037834 |
ISBN |
9789004353961 (electronic book) |
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9004353968 (electronic book) |
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9789004335998 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004335994 |
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