Leonardo’s manuscripts contain many quotes of ‘his’ Western Alps, well-known mountains sketched, with lakes, rivers and towns, creating outstanding territorial readings. In the 19th century, he became a turning point between medieval representation techniques and the great cartographic reform of the 16th century. Leonardo’s approach to territorial drawing, his evolutionary theories on the history of the Earth, his measuring and survey instruments, his calculation of mountains altitudes can be compared to subsequent maps confirming, , with ideal overlaps, the crystal clear anticipations of the ‘Grande di Vinci’.
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Chapter Title
Leonardo negli studi ottocenteschi sulla cartografia delle Alpi
Authors
Elena Gianasso
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-514-1.10
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Publication Year
2023
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Book Title
Lo sguardo territorialista di Leonardo
Book Subtitle
Il cartografo, l’ingegnere idraulico, il progettista di città e territori
Editors
Daniela Poli
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Number of Pages
270
Publication Year
2023
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© 2023 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-514-1
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-513-4
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-514-1
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-515-8
Series Title
Territori
Series ISSN
2704-5978
Series E-ISSN
2704-579X