Anda-Lucia Spânu, Imagini istorice ale oraşelor actualei Românii tipărite la Antwerpen
Historical images of nowadays Romanian Cities printed in Antwerp
Many specialists have studied the “Printing Revolution”, as well as the importance of the production and the trade of books. Images of Romanian cities have been made on a wide range of supports, but the vast majority of them were printed images. The oldest images of Romanian cities were the views of Oradea and Cluj, from Georg Brauns Civitates Orbis Terrarum, made by Georg (or Joris) Hoefnagel, artist born in Antwerp. The work itself is strongly related with this famous centre, trough Abraham Ortelius’s Theatrum orbis terrarium, printed there. While Civitates and Hoefnagel’s activity is well known, Gaspar Boutats, Jacob Harrewijn and Jacob Peeters, who as well represented cities from nowadays Romania, are almost unknown to Romanian historiography. Their images seem to be “head series” for a type of representations that circulated for two centuries. This paper intends to study these images, together with the books in which they have been printed. Both images and books were created in the 17th century Antwerp.
Keywords: Antwerp, books, city views, historical images, printing press.
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