This article explores urban iconography creation in Portuguese cities, highlighting scientific and artistic knowledge integration.
Key Points
The aim is to explore the interplay of scientific and artistic knowledge in producing urban iconographies of Portuguese cities from the 16th to 19th centuries.
Conducted a panoramic recognition of Portuguese theoretical and drawing collections.
Analyzed the iconography of the city of Braga.
Examined the application of practical geometry and perspective in drawing.
Considered the intrinsic qualities of drawing like verisimilitude and imagination.
Identified key scientific contents applied to urban representation.
Showed how artistic practices were influenced by scientific methodologies.
Revealed symbolic and rhetorical elements in urban iconography.