Stradano’s Allegorical Invention of the Americas in Late Sixteenth-Century Florence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10412372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lia Markey (Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 385-442 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4338 • E-ISSN: 1935-0236 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/667256 |
| OpenAlex | W2093616821 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 34 |
This essay situates Giovanni Stradano’s engravings of the discovery of the Americas from the Americae Retectio and Nova Reperta series within the context of their design in late sixteenth-century Florence, where the artist worked at the Medici court and collaborated with the dedicatee of the prints, Luigi Alamanni. Through an analysis of the images in relation to contemporary texts about the navigators who traveled to the Americas, as well as classical sources, emblems, and works of art in diverse media — tapestry, print, ephemera, and fresco — the study argues that Stradano’s allegorical representations of the Americas were produced in order to make clear Florence’s role in the invention of the New World
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Context (archaeology · Emblem · Ephemera · Fresco · Humanities · Literature · Order (exchange · Painting · Performance art · Relation (database · Visual arts · Early Modern Spanish Literature · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
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Nature, Empire, and Nation
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Reading Columbus
New Worlds, Ancient Texts
The Age of the Marvelous
Blood, Milk, Ink, Gold
America in European Consciousness, 1493-1750
The Marvel of Maps. Art, Cartography and Politics in Renaissance Italy
The Work of Gender in the Discourse of Discovery
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Lucretius and the Epicureans in the Social and Political Context of Renaissance Florence
Vespucci Rediscovers America
Giorgione's "Tempest," "Studiolo" Culture, and the Renaissance Lucretius
The Accademia degli Alterati and Literary Taste from 1570 to 1600
Lucretius, the Way Things Are
Trading Territories
Natural History of the West Indies
Inventing America
The Caprarola Portrait of Columbus
Essays Honoring Lawrence C. Wroth
Trading Territories
Wonders and the order of nature
La historia del Mondo Nuovo
Imperial Leather
Deconstructing America
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |