Giambattista Nolli
Giambattista Nolli (or Giovanni Battista) (April 9, 1701 – July 3, 1756), was an Italian
Biography
Born in 1701
As an architect, he worked on the churches of
(1751–1756).Nolli Map
The Nolli map reflects Bufalini's map of 1551, with which Nolli readily invited comparison, however Nolli made a number of important innovations. Firstly, Nolli reorients the city from east (which was conventional at the time) to magnetic north, reflecting Nolli's reliance on the compass to get a bearing on the city's topography. Secondly, though he follows Bufalini in using a
The map is framed with a vedute by Stefano Pozzi. A scaled-down edition, a collaboration between Nolli and Giovanni Battista Piranesi, was published in the same year the original map was finished. Piranesi was instrumental in getting the work printed; Giuseppe Vasi also contributed.
See also
Notes
- ^ "GUIDETTI, Guidetto in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it.
- ^ "Chamber of deputies- Services to the Public- Library-Services provided". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-09-01. ; https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FE63C3CADF407B24
- ^ Tracing Architecture, Dana Arnold, 2003
- ^ Francesco Dal Co: Storia dell'architettura italiana, Electa, 2000
- ^ "Nuova Pianta di Roma". nolli.uoregon.edu.
References
There have been a number of facsimile editions of the Nolli Map, two are listed here:
- 'The New Plan of Rome' By James Tice and Erik Steiner, University of Oregon Press, USA, 2006.
- 'The Nolli Plan of Rome: Facsimile', Full-size facsimile portfolio of the original 19 sheets 56 cm x 81 cm [22"x 32"] with 12pp intro. by Allen Ceen; J. H. Aronson Publisher, Highmount, NY 12441, 1st Ed. 1984, 2nd Ed. 1991.
External links
- The interactive Nolli Map, by B-Open Solutions / Roma Leggendaria
- Nolli - Navigate Rome in 1748 the Nolli Map for iOS
- a website dedicated to the Nolli map