Abstract
7. The Gallery of MapsFrancesca FioraniThe Marvel of Maps: Art, Cartography and Politics in Renaissance Italy~In his new corridor along the Belvedere Courtyard, Gregory XIII chose to represent Italy through a series of regional maps of the peninsula, a veritable cartographic achievement that, like Cosimo I’s maps of the world, had no precedent in print or in paint. The cartographic representation of Italy that Gregory had painted on the walls of the papal residence...AuthorFrancesca FioraniPublisherYale University PressCopyright© 2005 Francesca FioraniRelated print edition pages: pp.171-207 https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00316.9 Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22619Copy Chapter subject tags:Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585Galleria delle carte geografiche (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)Cartography--Italy--HistoryChristian art and symbolism--Renaissance, 1450–1600Pictorial maps
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