The thesis traces the development of bird’s-eye views of Venice engraved from the late fifteenth century to the eighteenth century, taking as its starting point Jacopo de’ Barbari’s monumental VENETIE MD (1500), commissioned by Anton Kolb. Rather than treating de’ Barbari’s print as an isolated curiosity, the study interprets it as an image that helped shape the way Venice and, more broadly, the European city was visually imagined in the centuries that followed. Beginning with de’ Barbari’s biography and a discussion of his principal works, the research then places these views within a broader historical, artistic, and economic framework, from Renaissance practices to early modern markets, in order to explain how and why such images were produced and circulated. The paper subsequently compares the city views created after de’ Barbari’s woodcut, identifying both continuities and differences, before concluding with a case study on the contemporary antiquarian market, focusing on Linea d’Acqua bookshop and gallery in Venice. The thesis aims to shed light on the current relevance of these documents and to examine how bird’s-eye views are bought, sold, and valued today by different collectors.
La tesi ripercorre lo sviluppo delle vedute a volo d’uccello di Venezia incise tra la fine del Quattrocento ed il Settecento, assumendo come punto di partenza la monumentale VENETIE MD (1500) di Jacopo de’ Barbari, commissionata da Anton Kolb. Piuttosto che considerare la stampa del de’ Barbari come una curiosità isolata, l’elaborato la interpreta come un’immagine che ha contribuito a modellare il modo in cui Venezia e più in generale la città europea, sono state immaginate visivamente nei secoli successivi. Iniziando con la biografia del de’ Barbari e procedendo con un’analisi delle sue opere principali, la ricerca prosegue collocando queste vedute in un ampio contesto storico, artistico ed economico; dalle pratiche Rinascimentali ai mercati dell’età moderna per evidenziare come e perché tali vedute venissero prodotte e circolassero. L'elaborato passa poi al confronto tra le vedute postume alla xilografia del de’ Barbari, individuando continuità e differenze per concludere poi il discorso con un case study sul mercato antiquario contemporaneo, focalizzandosi sulla libreria e galleria Linea d’acqua di Venezia. Il progetto di tesi intende far luce sull'attuale rilevanza di questi documenti e su come le vedute a volo d’uccello vengano oggi acquistate, vendute e valutate dai diversi collezionisti.
Afterlife of a Bird’s-Eye View. Investigating Jacopo de Barbari’s VENETIE MD and a case study: linea d’acqua antiquarian bookshop in Venice
ZANATTA, ALICE
2024/2025
Abstract
The thesis traces the development of bird’s-eye views of Venice engraved from the late fifteenth century to the eighteenth century, taking as its starting point Jacopo de’ Barbari’s monumental VENETIE MD (1500), commissioned by Anton Kolb. Rather than treating de’ Barbari’s print as an isolated curiosity, the study interprets it as an image that helped shape the way Venice and, more broadly, the European city was visually imagined in the centuries that followed. Beginning with de’ Barbari’s biography and a discussion of his principal works, the research then places these views within a broader historical, artistic, and economic framework, from Renaissance practices to early modern markets, in order to explain how and why such images were produced and circulated. The paper subsequently compares the city views created after de’ Barbari’s woodcut, identifying both continuities and differences, before concluding with a case study on the contemporary antiquarian market, focusing on Linea d’Acqua bookshop and gallery in Venice. The thesis aims to shed light on the current relevance of these documents and to examine how bird’s-eye views are bought, sold, and valued today by different collectors.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14247/28601