The image of Europe : visualizing Europe in cartography and iconography through the ages / Michael W...
The image of Europe : visualizing Europe in cartography and iconography through the ages / Michael W...
The image of Europe : visualizing Europe in cartography and iconography through the ages / Michael Wintle.
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Date
2009.
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N760.04491/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxiv, 502 p. [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents
1. The identity of Europe and the image of Europe: concepts, theory, methods -- 2. A changing concept of Europe -- 3. The ancient world, and the myth of Europa and the Bull -- 4. The Middle Ages -- 5. The Renaissance -- 6. Civilization and empire in the Age of Enlightenment: the long eighteenth cent...
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2009.
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Summary
"This is a major new study of visual representations of Europe, from the classical world to the present day, in maps, icons, the arts and graphic images of all kinds. Europe has been variously represented as the demi-goddess Europa, a bull, a horse, a son of Noah, a Magus, a queen, and the Empress of the World. This richly illustrated book charts h...
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The image of Europe : visualizing Europe in cartography and iconography through the ages / Michael Wintle.
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Cambridge studies in historical geography ; 44.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N760.04491/1
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74Vv3ovkWm2b
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ISBN
0521886341 (hbk.)
9780521886345 (hbk.)
DDC
760.044914
MMS ID
991009798559702626
