Chapter Leonardo negli studi ottocenteschi sulla cartografia delle Alpi
Abstract
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’.
Keywords
Leonardo; Western Alps; cartography; applied sciencesDOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-514-1.10ISBN
9788855185141, 9788855185141Publisher
Firenze University PressPublisher website
https://www.fupress.com/Publication date and place
Florence, 2023Series
Territori, 36Classification
History