Portraits of Catania City in The Civitates Orbis Terrarum of Braun and Hogenberg: the “local” model (Sixteenth Century)

Authors

  • Enrico Iachello Professore ordinario of Early Modern History at the Department of Scienze umane of the University of Catania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51359/2238-8052.2017.231139

Keywords:

Early Modern History, Urban History, History of Cartography, Sicily, Identities

Abstract

This work is part of a research project on the processes of the formation of urban identities. It attempts to reconstruct the role that images and descriptions have played in the process, using Catania as a case study. In this article we will examine, by way of municipal history and iconography, the process of constructing a “portrait” of the city (a map/view) linked to the need to “construct” an all-encompassing view, an identity: a map-view published in Amsterdam in 1598 and included in the 5th volume of Braun and Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum, clearly drew on a “local” model, a map printed on behalf of the Catanian Antonio Stizzia in Rome in 1592.

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Published

2017-11-28

Issue

v. 6, n. 2 (2017)

Section

Produção do Espaço: Atores, Instrumentos e Conteúdos

License

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