The mapped views by Georg Hoefnagel: the merchant's eye, the humanist's eye
1988; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 4; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/02666286.1988.10436199
ISSN1943-2178
Autores Resumo‘Antverpianus mercator’: when we come across the name of Georg Hoefnagel for the first time in the Civitates orbis terrarum 1, we find it linked with these two words. In the preface of the first volume, the editor, Georg Braun, is officially thanking the owners of images who provided his books with views of towns: a group of merchants, scholars, and local politicians whose names will increase volume after volume, but also change around as occasional contributors. The name of Georg Hoefnagel2 immediately stands out among the others, because he is not only the owner, but also the author of the views he provided; moreover, in the following volumes he will become a permanent contributor, closely following the making of the book and playing a lot of different roles in it: he goes on providing drawings of his own, some of which are drawn on purpose, but he also provided others' images, some of which he reproduces himself and some he only acquires and sends to the engraver's workshop.
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