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Viewpoint analysis showing the relationship between the de'Barbari View's perspectival orientation and Venice's layout. Image Credit: Augustus Wendell
Viewpoint analysis showing the relationship between the de'Barbari View's perspectival orientation and Venice's layout. Image Credit: Augustus Wendell

Deconstructing Urban Visions

Computational Analysis of Aerial Engravings

Project Lead(s): Augustus Wendell

2020 – present

This project focuses on extracting quantitative data from the de’ Barbari View of Venice. Through the development of an open source computational toolkit the map is annotated with data linking urban features visible in the image and their associated geographic coordinates. For each feature a projected line of sight is calculated along which a conceptual viewpoint exists. Through the analysis of each viewpoint equation we aim to understand the deviation of viewpoints across the map. Analysis will be conducted on individual engraved panel sets, geographic regions of the city and image space regions of the city as translated into the final printed form.

Current Collaborators

Niko Hobart
FayFay Ning

Past Collaborators

Jon Stanley

Related Projects

A Portrait of Venice