Mirror of the Earth: the World Landscape in Sixteenth: Century Flemish Painting book by W S Gibson : Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

Format: Hardcover

Author: W S Gibson

ISBN: 9780691040547

Condition: Used - Very Good


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About the book >.>.> The Flemish world landscapes, which depict extensive panoramas seen in bird's- eye perspective and contain a wealth of map-like detail, were produced in large numbers, chiefly at Antwerp, during the sixteenth century. Despite the fact that today most major museums in the United States or Europe have at least one Flemish world landscape, relatively little has been written about this type of painting. As a corrective, Walter Gibson's illustrated book presents a comprehensive study of the world landscape, establishing it as a distinct pictorial type and analyzing it within the artistic and intellectual milieu in which it flourished. We learn that far from being a medieval anachronism, as some scholars have insisted, the world landscape was very much a product of its time, associated with contemporary advances in cartography and reflecting a Renaissance view of the world and of man's relationship to it. (MP)