Painter and Patron: The Maritime Silk Road in the Códice Casanatense Contributor(s): Gordon, Peter (Author), Morales, Juan José (Author) |
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ISBN: 9887458600 ISBN-13: 9789887458609 Publisher: Abbreviated Press OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Asian - Indian & South Asian - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal |
Physical Information: 0.24" H x 4.25" W x 7.01" (0.19 lbs) 102 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The C dice Casanatense, or Codex Casanatense 1889 as it is formally known, is a 16th-century Indo-Portuguese collection of some 76 captioned watercolours now held in the Biblioteca Casanatense in Rome. Deposited there at the beginning of the 18th century, it resided in almost complete obscurity for two and half centuries and was not brought to scholarly attention until the 1950s. It has never been discussed in detail for the general reader.
Although the painter has deep connections with Indian artistic traditions, he also drew upon the illustrations in Balthasar Sprenger's iconic 1509 Die Merfart, while the Codex itself was a source for the illustrations in Jan Huygen van Linschoten's classic end-of-the-century Itinerario. Both influenced and influencing, the Codex is unveiled as an archetypal example of East-West cultural and intellectual fusion. |