English 330: Introduction to Renaissance Studies

Spring 1997
Professor Rebecca Bushnell


Section III: Urban Life

Materials


Maps of London

I. II. III. IV.

V. VI. VII.

(I. 322k, II. 240k, III. 288k, IV. 288k, V. 301k, VI. 172k, VII. 169k)

These images are from one of the first known maps of London (c. 1553-9). No original copies are extant, but two of the estimated 20 copper engravings survive. The first image (I) shows all of the surviving map. The other images (II-VII) are details of the first.


The London Theater

I. II.

(I. 149k, II. 159k)

The first image (I) is a depiciton of The Swan Theater (c. 1596). One of the few surving images of a London theater, this is a copy by Aernout van Buchel of a drawing by Johannes de Witt. The second (II)is an engraving from Henry Marsh, The Wits, or, Sport upon Sport, (1662). [Largers versions of I. (250k), II. (250k).]


- Assignments for this Section -

- Previous - | - Home - | - Syllabus - | - Materials Index - | - Next -