The Representation of Selected Silesian Cities in the 15th–17th Centuries

Abstract

Since the mid-1950s, the study of the image of the medieval city has constituted a separate broad scientific discipline, which is extremely important for art historians. A rich methodological interpretation of the subject is contained in the set of articles of 1999 1. We will find here studies regarding the city's view as an element of the landscape, the literary aspects of the city image, as well as their three-dimensional models 2. Recently, Katrien Lichert, Jan Duomlyn and Maximilian P. J. Martens recall the enormous literature on the subject 3. The research on the city develops largely owing to the previously known ideas of the iconological method 4. The subject of the research is often the image of a medieval city perceived as a certain symbol 5. Research on these issues