QUANDO L’ITALIA DISEGNAVA IL MONDO.
Tesori Cartografici del Rinascimento Italiano
BERGAMO, 16 aprile - 10 luglio 2016
Palazzo del Podestà - Museo del ‘500 (Piazza Alta / Città Alta)
INAUGURAZIONE
15 aprile 2016, ore 18.30
The idea was to create a “lafreri atlas”, using maps from personal collections of the associated fellows. The result is an itinerary with 74 printed maps published in Rome or Venice between 1525 and 1575, the heart of the golden age of italian cartografy of the Renaissance. It includes maps of world, continents, european states and single regions, including some bird-eye plans of italian towns. Some of the maps are known in a unique example or in just a very few numbers and are generally accessible only to scholars but not to the public. A fully illustrated catalogue has been printed. The goal of the exhibition is to promote historic cartography and to interest a new public of less expert, explaining tecnical aspects and historic contest.