6.13 Egnazio Danti, Perusinus ac Tifernas (Map of the Territory of Perugia),...

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Description: Map of the Territory of Perugia (Perusinus ac Tifernas)

TitleMap of the Territory of Perugia (Perusinus ac Tifernas)

Creator nameDanti, Ignazio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleMapmaker

Creation datec. 1580

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

MaterialsFresco

LocationVatican Museums, Vatican City

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsItaly--MapsWorld maps--Early works to 1800Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance--Italy

StatusGallery of Maps

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6. The Sala Bologna of Gregory XIII

Francesca Fiorani

The Marvel of Maps: Art, Cartography and Politics in Renaissance Italy

On the evening of 24 December 1574, less than three years after he had been elected Pope, Gregory XIII Boncompagni led the most solemn procession of his pontificate...

Author

Francesca Fiorani

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.141-170

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00316.8

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Chapter subject tags:Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585Sala Bologna (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)Danti, Ignazio, 1536-1586Cartography--Italy--HistoryVatican Palace (Vatican City)Painting, Renaissance--ItalyCosmographyPaleotti, Gabriele, 1524-1597

1. Interpreting Renaissance Map Cycles

Francesca Fiorani

The Marvel of Maps: Art, Cartography and Politics in Renaissance Italy

~This book is about the interactions of mapping with other forms of knowledge and representation in the Renaissance and Counter-Reformation. It examines the place of cartography in two famous courts, the court of Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici (1537–1574) and the papal court of Gregory XIII Boncompagni (1572–85). These two rulers, like others of the...

Author

Francesca Fiorani

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.1-13

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00316.1

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22611&redirecttoanchor=81079

Chapter subject tags:Cartography--Italy--HistoryWorld maps--Early works to 1800Danti, Ignazio, 1536-1586Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance--ItalyGregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574Florence (Italy)--HistoryRome (Italy)--HistoryVatican Palace (Vatican City)

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