Keeping secrets and mapping frontiers government and image in the Spanish Monarchy
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JUANELO TURRIANO LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF ENGINEERING
D augh sman Enginee s Se ing
he Spanish Mona chy in he
Six een h o Eigh een h Cen u ies
Alicia Cáma a Muñoz (ed.)
JUANELO TURRIANO LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF ENGINEERING
D augh sman Enginee s
Se ing he Spanish Mona chy
in he Six een h o Eigh een h
Cen u ies
Alicia Cáma a Muñoz (ed.)
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DRAUGHTSMAN ENGINEERS SERVING THE SPANISH MONARCHY
IN THE SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
Published in he amewo k o R&D+I p ojec HAR 2012-31117.
El dibujan e ingenie o al se icio de la mona quía hispánica. Siglos XVI-XVIII (DIMH)
[d augh sman enginee s se ing he Spanish mona chy in he six een h o eigh een h cen u ies]
Funded by he Spanish Minis y o he Economy and Compe i i eness
Head esea che , Alicia Cáma a Muñoz
2016
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TRUSTEES
PRESIDENT
Vic o iano Muñoz Ca a
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Ped o Na ascués Palacio
SECRETARY
José Ma ía Goicolea Ruigómez
MEMBERS
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FOREWORD
F om he ime o he Renaissance when enginee s began o be spoken o un il he specializa ion o
he b anches o enginee ing which ook place in he 18 h cen u y, his o y has old us a lo abou he
uses hese p o essionals made o d awing. Some agmen s o his his o y a e ela ed in hese pages,
which a e he esul o a esea ch p ojec ha seemed o be necessa y because d awing was in ol ed
in all he s udies ca ied ou on he his o y o enginee ing in he Mode n Age. Resea ch had o u n
i s spo ligh on hese images, which is why we assembled an in e disciplina y eam o de elop he
p ojec El dibujan e ingenie o al se icio de la mona quía hispánica. Siglos XVI-XVIII [d augh sman
enginee s se ing he Spanish mona chy in he six een h o eigh een h cen u ies] (HAR2012-31117),
inanced by he Minis y o Economy and Compe i i eness. This book is he esul o he p ojec .
The collec ion Juanelo Tu iano Lec u es on he his o y o enginee ing is he ideal ehicle o pub-
lishing he esul s o his esea ch, p e iously in he o iginal language and now in English.
ABSTRACT
This chap e add esses he ela ionships be ween on ie , d awing and sec ecy in Spain’s
Habsbu g mona chy in he six een h and se en een h cen u ies. Those ela ionships we e
he ou come o he c i e ia legi imising expansion as well as o he luc ua ing p io i ies
a ound de ence by land o by sea and hence a ound he ole o bas ioned o i ica ion.
Such s uc u es c ys allised he cons uc ion o mili a y, legal and symbolic on ie s un il
ha concei was o saken in wen ie h cen u y hinking, his o iog aphy and image y. The
poli ical dimension o space which, as B audel no ed, was he p ima y challenge acing
an expansion-minded mona chy, can only be econs uc ed om a global pe spec i e. To
b oach he on ie in he Habsbu g cou and kingdoms is o b oach powe as a dialec-
ical in e play o in e es s, esou ces and alues. Thus iewed, he on ie is a duc ile,
luid concei which, in i s s a k con as o he s ony immobili y o o i ica ions, ques-
ions he applicabili y o anach onis ic no ions such as «s a egy» and iden i ies he need
o e isi oday’s c i e ia a ound so e eign y and «p opaganda». Powe mus be iewed in
keeping wi h he alues o a poli ical socie y adically di e en om ou own in e e y e-
spec , beginning wi h ce emonial image y ha ul ima ely a ec ed he po ayal o on-
ie s and o i ica ions. Se agains cou ly he o ic, he sec ecy ha sh ouded mili a y
enginee s’ d awings bea s wi ness bo h o a echnique o exe cising powe in compe i ion
wi h o he s and o a new app oach o eali y.
KEYWORDS
F on ie , d awing, sec ecy, o i ica ions, Spanish mona chy, image, cou , enginee s,
House o Habsbu g, Py enees.
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Keeping Sec e s and Mapping F on ie s:
Go e nmen and Image
in he Spanish Mona chy1
CARLOS JOSÉ HERNANDO SÁNCHEZ2
Uni e sidad de Valladolid
T ansla ion: MARGARET CLARK
«I SHALL PASS FORTS AND CROSS FRONTIERS»
In his «Spi i ual Can icle», which he began o w i e in 1578, S John o he C oss a es s
o he awa eness o e i o ial bounds ha cha ac e ised his age, al e na ely e oking na-
u e’s and humani y’s wo ks: Along sea and s and shall I go / No lowe s shall I pluck /
no beas s shall I ea / and I shall pass o s and c oss on ie s. The ene gy in he e bs
«go», «pass» and «c oss» links he spa ial symbolism o «moun ains and s ands» o he
« o s and on ie s» in he same e se. The soul seeks a eali y ha exis s beyond body
and ma e , al hough as in any ini ia ion oyage, c ossing a bounda y in ol es mo ing
in o he mys e y- i en unknown. The poe explains ha he calls he «de ils» « o s, be-
cause hey s i e o s and in he way o he spi i ual oad». And he says ha he soul will
«c oss he on ie s», which he de ines as « he na u al esis ance and ebellion o he
lesh agains he spi i ...»3. This pe spec i e o a b oade ho izon supe seded an ea lie
analogy in which he soul dwel in a cas le. Tha image had been mode nised by E asmus
who con ended ha he de il «unde mining [...] s eale h on us unawa e» and Ped o
Mexia who compa ed « he wea e and s uc u e o he human body» o a « ansposi ion
o likeness o he wo ld wide» in which «man’s head [is] supe io o he es [...] like a
o ess in a ci y»4. The associa ion o sec ecy, d awing o design and o ess ep esen ed
powe in a new dimension ha could no be igno ed e en in spi i ual li e a u e.
The me apho o he soldie in spi i ual ba le (adop ed by S Igna ius and o he au-
ho s based on P uden ius’s Psychomachia) would be used, o ins ance, by Po uguese
w i e F ancisco de Holanda o con e o ess designing in o a eligious mission5. S
Te esa o A ila placed he soul’s habi a in a mo e con en ional «in e io cas le» (wi h di-
amond walls clad wi h pala ial magni icence acco ding o widesp ead allego ical adi-
ion6). John o he C oss’s o and on ie enla ged on he me apho s commonly ound
in books o chi al y7(which none heless con ained desc ip ions o mili a y enginee ing,
as in An onio de To quemada’s Oli an e de Lau a published in 15648) and ea lie con-
en ions such as Benedic ine monk Gonzalo de A edondo’s 1528 «imp egnable cas le»
(Cas illo inexpugnable9). S John’s nude con empo a y images depic ed he immediacy
o he poli ical and a chi ec u al eali ies p e ailing in he eign o Philip II, he builde
king in en upon enclosing spaces in a wo ld whose des iny he belie ed had been com-
mended o him by he C ea o . In keeping wi h ha ision, sha ed by mos o his subjec s,
wa a e was e si ied, among o he s by Cap ain F ancisco de Aldana. Be o e dying in ba -
le alongside King Sebas ian o Po ugal in emo e No h A ican Alcaza qui i , he w o e
a poem dedica ed o he Spanish mona ch ha desc ibed an o e a ching heo y o he
de ence o he peninsula on ie s. Unde his p emise, he six ac o s ha would a o d
esis ance agains any a med wa io included soldie s and hei expe ienced minds, a
s ong o ess ci y wi h moa and a e se, and a p o ec ed si e whe e na u e i sel would
do ba le10. A mona chy which, like he Ch is ian’s soul, was unde siege e ec ed new
o esses o de end i s inne mos and ou e mos on ie s. The Ea h hus inca na ed
was assigned a p o iden ial mission, al hough he cons an elling o na u al and human
ba ie s ende ed domina ion as uns able as a i e ha ou inely o e lows i s banks.
S John o he C oss’s mys ical challenge o conque space was sympa he ic wi h he
scien i ic expe imen a ion conduc ed by ca og aphe s and d augh smen seeped in em-
144 DRAUGHTSMAN ENGINEERS SERVING THE SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
blema ic cul u e11. They bo h sublima ed
he chi al ous zeal exp essed in he maxim
composed by Milanese humanis and
physician Luigi Ma liano o young Cha les
I on he occasion o a mee ing o he O de
o he Golden Fleece a B ussels in 1516.
His Plus oul e was soon e oneously La-
inised as Plus ul a and ansla ed in o
Ge man as Noch wei e 12. In a second ead-
ing, ha maxim was iden i ied wi h he ex-
pansion o he mona chy du ing he
empe o ’s eign and wi h he image o he
globe ha had al eady been adop ed as one
o he impe ial symbols13. A medal s uck
a e he annexa ion o Po ugal in 1580
depic ed an unb idled ho se galloping
ac oss a globe wi h ca e ully embossed
me idians unde he legend, Non s ici o bis, mean o symbolise he a ainmen o such
ambi ious goals. Tha po ayal o mo ion ep esen ed he union o space and ime which,
as B audel14 explained, was add essed o g ea e e ec by he Spanish mona chy han by
i s con ende s. Endless mo ion seemed o embody wha D ake’s buccanee s called he
King o Spain’s and his na ion’s «insa iable ambi ion», when in 1586 hey ound ha
p o oca i e image in he Go e no o San o Domingo’s palace15. One o D ake’s men
copied i in a d awing ha also ep oduced he P uden King’s i s de ice: Nec spe nec
me , whose mo al meaning, «nei he ou o hope no ou o ea » could be in e p e ed
as a e e ence o he de ensi e needs gene a ed by enla gemen policies. None heless,
ha meaning paled in compa ison o he excess inhe en in he image s olen by he Eng-
lish p i a ee s. The d awing, in which he emblem was o e laid on he Spanish coa o
a ms in a map o he capi al o La Española du ing he English a ack, was in ended as
poli ical denuncia ion. While his was a celeb a o y symbol, o he d awings d a ed du ing
D ake’s same expedi ion depic ed he s u dy coas al de ence sys em e ec ed in he Span-
ish Indies. In con as o he dynamic impe us o he eques ian emblem, he s aid im-
mobili y o he o esses spied upon ep esen ed a compendium o mili a y a and hence
he o emos inca na ion o spa ial measu emen , which was insepa able om he de-
pic ion o space on pape , can as o o he media.
Be o e geome y was ce i ude and poli ics dogma, when spa ial measu emen was a
challenge and powe es ed on anscenden al u h, me ely imagining he bounds o a
e i o y, e en o deny hem, was an a owal o s eng h and o ganisa ion. Tha was why
maps we e d awn in conjunc ion wi h he designs o o esses. In heo y and in p ac ice
(wi h he unce ain ies and con adic ions inhe en in depic ion), s ongholds we e si ed
in alleys, on moun ain ops, along i e s and in meadows, o cus ody mo e p ecise al-
hough ulne able bounda ies, jus as he body p o ec ed he soul agains i s enemies in
S John’s mys ical ision. The poli ical pe sona in adi ional socie y, sco n ully e med
he ancien égime in a ogan bou geois pa lance, was always on he ale , in ensi ying
GOVERNMENT AND IMAGE IN THE SPANISH MONARCHY 145
FIG. 1 NON SVFFICIT ORBIS. Philip II medal, ca
1580. Numisma ic Po uguese Museum, Lisbon.
his gua d o de end posi ions cons an ly challenged by o he poli ical en i ies ac oss a
bo de concei ed, d awn and buil on land ha g adually became landscape16.
The symbiosis be ween e i o ial bounds and cons uc ion was so igh ha , once
command o e he wo ld had been consumma ed, he bo de con inued o be associa ed
wi h he image o a cas le o o ess: a li e a y de ice used o exp ess he isola ion o
con empo a y humani y, dep i ed o he sys em o alues ha aised s ongholds on land
and in he soul. Tha would explain he desola ion o he dese o dei a a i so obsessi ely
sc u inised by Dino Buzza i’s o ice in 1940 om a useless o ess, on «un a o di
on ie a mo a […] che non da pensie o…»17. Buzza i’s o ess was p eceded 5 yea s
ea lie by Ka ka’s pos humous cas le, «whose insecu e, i egula , b oken ba lemen s bi
in o he blue sky and seemed o ha e been designed by a ca eless o cowa dly child»; an
exis en ial laby in h, a con using, Medie alised cons uc ion s ill seeped in eligious sym-
bolism, whe e he su eyo disco e ed he u ili y o his ade in a wo ld whe e all sense
o mensu a ion had been los 18. Ka ka’s ision, in u n, was coun e ed by he humanis ic
me apho in ano he pos humous and un inished wo k, Sain -Exupé y’s Ci adelle pub-
lished in 1948 and likewise se in he soli ude o he dese . He e, howe e , soli a y space
was in oked in opposi ion o he spi i ual home ound by building, alluding o ce ain ies
iden i ied o cen u ies wi h he Augus inian Ci y o God bu since los 19.
146 DRAUGHTSMAN ENGINEERS SERVING THE SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
FIG. 2 Eng a ing by Bap is a Boazio in 1588 depic ing D ake’s assaul on San o Domingo and he NEC SPE NEC
METU emblem, aken om a d awing made by one o D ake’s men in 1586. Na ional Ma i ime Museum, G eenwich,
London.
The ailu e o mode n o i ica ions in he wo ld wa s and he mass des uc ion o
ci ies, d agged ou due o he d as ic shi ing o bounda ies in Eu ope, also p omp ed
new philosophical e lec ion. In 1951 Heidegge a emp ed in his Being and Time o de-
e mine he ela ionship be ween being and space h ough he idea o habi a ion, delim-
i ed by he G eek concei s pé as and ó ismos, o de ine he wo sides o he bo de as he
end and beginning o eali y, in e ing ha he e is a wi hin and a wi hou ha likewise
need o be measu ed20. The Eu opean con ulsions ha induced such musings made he
bo de a his o iog aphic objec , om Lucien Feb e wi h his pionee ing wo ks on F anco
Condado and he Rhine21 o Ca l Schmi wi h his s udy on he powe o he land and
he sea in he ail blazed in empi e building. Bo de s we e hus concei ed as a nomos,
unde s ood o be a ju isdic ional, poli ical and mo al limi de ined by mensu a ion, which
by ha ime had hype ophied unde he h us o echnology and aded om hough 22.
Whils he wen ie h cen u y in e es in e i o ial limi s was d i en by in ensi ied na-
ionalism in he wake o he his o ical geog aphy o he Annales and he new Ge man
science o geopoli ics23, as we en e a new cen u y an appa en ly con a y si ua ion has
inspi ed enewed en husiasm o he his o y o bounda ies and he social a ia ions on
ha heme24. The c isis o he Eu opean na ion-s a e jus i ies he pu sui o e idence o
he inconsis ency o na ional eali ies o me ly ega ded as inal e able, gi en he p e-
sumed po osi y o bo de s and con ines. Some his o ians, wi h sel -a ibu ed di ine pow-
e s (especially in ce ain egions o Spain) aim o c ea e his o y by denial, be ayal o
concealmen , while eal his o y, wedded o geog aphy, owe s o e he ho izon in he in-
escapable silhoue e o moun ain anges.
The Py enees cons i u e a pa adigma ic example. The objec o luc ua ing in e es
unde lain by na ional eali ies delimi ed by na u al bounda ies25, in he wen ie h cen u y
hese moun ains we e a ibu ed a numbe o poli ical-li e a y in e p e a ions ha aimed
o quell oman ic an asies26, s ill e oked as la e as 1959, in a me aphysical ein, by im-
ages such as René Mag i e’s Le Cha eau des Py enees. A plas ic endi ion o he pla i ude
«cas les in Spain/cas les in he ai », his pain ing also elici s he o ess as an abs ac
idea (using a cons uc ion wi h a suspicious likeness o he Medie al pas iche a Ca cas-
sonne) associa ed wi h a symbolic bounda y ha , like mode n humans’ ce ain ies, ades
while challenging he mos obus ea u es o land and sea. I s i onic ligh , in open con-
adic ion o a chi ec u e’s my hical i mi as27, is eminiscen o he ci y in A is ophanes’s
The Bi ds, Calde ón’s Cas illo de Lindab idis, Swi ’s Lapu a o he deli ious u opian Fly-
ing Ci y imagined in 1928 by Gueo gui K u iko , apo heosis o communis de acina ion.
The di e si y o eadings and messages o wha appea s o he ald he con inen al
li e a y i ound in Sa amago’s The s one a o e lays he complexi y o Py enees
space, de ended in so-called mode n imes wi h he mos ad anced mili a y and
ca og aphic esou ces in he laby in hine geology o moun ain passes and in o i ied
oo hills, om Salsas o Jaca, Pamplona and Fuen e abía. The designs d a ed by
Tibu zio Spannochi o Philip II e lec ed he need o d awings o build bounda ies28.
E en as la e as 1700, a e he a emp o supp ess he poli ical s i e ha a ose a ound
he change om he Habsbu g o he Bou bon dynas y, he o mula ion o which is a -
ibu ed o Ambassado Cas elldos ius o Louis XIV himsel , he Py enees bo de
egained i s s a us as he i s line o de ence. Decades p io o he cons uc ion o he
GOVERNMENT AND IMAGE IN THE SPANISH MONARCHY 147
huge San Fe nando o a Figue as,
ha s a us was e lec ed in a play
en i led Las Amazonas de España,
w i en in 1720 by José de
Cañiza es o be s aged in Philip
V’s cou wi h music by Giaccomo
Faco. The women wa io s (asso-
cia ed wi h bo de s since classical
G eek imes) encoun e ed by Han-
nibal when he c ossed he Py enees
(acco ding o Plu a ch) symbolised
suppo o Isabel de Fa nesio’s
poli ical ambi ions, while in oking
he mili a y signi icance o a moun-
ainous on ie . Tha ision was
associa ed wi h enginee ing design
in he o m o a compass and a
sphe e depic ed amongs he books
in he Amazon Queen’s cabine as
an a ibu e o majes y iden i ied
wi h geome y- and cons uc ion-
media ed de ence o peninsula
space29.
The sphe e alluded o an an-
cien symbol o so e eign y mod-
e nised by uni e sali y30, a new
concei spawned by ca og aphic
p og ess and mi o ed in he poli -
ical cosmology po ayed in se e al se ies o oyal apes ies31. The compass, in u n,
along wi h he angle squa e and o he objec s, was iden i ied wi h bo h a chi ec u e32
and he symbolic undamen als o he es publica as a whole. As Albe i no ed, a chi ec-
u e se ed as an example o he capaci y o spi i ualise na u e h ough ules whose a-
ionale hinged on ime33. Tha , oge he wi h space, was he p ima y challenge in he
pu sui o e e ni y in p e-mode n cons uc ions, o i ica ions in pa icula 34. The angle
squa e and he compass also embodied a iew o Mensu a ion35 ein o ced by allego ical
adi ion ha linked he philosophy o a chi ec u e o space in gene al36. In 1599 he
ma iage o scien i ic knowledge and mili a y ac ion was pic u ed on he co e o a book
en i led Milicia y desc ipción de las Indias au ho ed by Cap ain Be na do de Va gas
Machuca, in which he au ho was shown holding a compass in his igh hand, poised
on a globe, while g asping a swo d wi h his le , all unde he cap ion «Wi h a compass
and a swo d / mo e and mo e and mo e and mo e»37. Sho ly be o e, one o he imp esas
deployed o Philip II’s une al i es in Naples Ca hed al consis ed in a compass d awing
a ci cle unde he cap ion CIRCVIT IMMOTVS. The idea ha inspi ed he geome ic
symbol was ha «se bene il Re e a s a o il più della sua i a, e mo con la p esenza nella
148 DRAUGHTSMAN ENGINEERS SERVING THE SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
FIG. 3 RENÉ MAGRITTE. Le châ eau des Py énees, 1959: Is ael Mu-
seum, Je usalem.
Spagna; ha e a egli nondimeno coll’al o e gene oso pensie o aggi a o u o il mondo;
e con l’in i a po enza ci conda o con l’Impe o suo un compiu o gi o della Te a»38.
Mobili y and s illness (wi h hei co olla ies, expansion and de ence) he eby me ged in
an image o poli ical pe ec ion.
Lines d awn on pape ep esen ed di isions be ween kingdoms when, in he absence
o a na u al bounda y such as he Py enees, his o y de ined limi s along plains wi h i e s
as he only seams. Tha was wha se he s age o o i ica ions and consequen ly o
hei depic ion. Tha was he case o he Po uguese bounda y, he leas na u al o all
and none heless one o he mos pe sis en , despi e he 1580 annexa ion ha d o e new
expansi e ambi ions symbolised by he emblema ic unaway ho se. Ve y soon, d awings
we e made o ci ies on he di iding line o de e mine he condi ion o hei Medie al
walls and he need o mode nisa ion. A book by Dua e de A mas p o ides in aluable
wi ness o how he on ie was concei ed in 1511. When secession began wi h he Po -
uguese e ol unde he Duke o B aganza, he 1642 copy o ha book desc ibed he
de ensi e con inui y o a on ha would be he si e o u he a emp s in he decades
ha ollowed39. The exchange o expe ience among enginee s and a chi ec s on bo h
sides o his a i icial bounda y we e a es ed o by he wo ks o F ancisco de Holanda40,
which culmina ed in he cons uc ions au ho ed by Filippo Te zi and o he majo ac o s
in he 1580 conques o Lusi ania41.
O he mo e sub le and emo e on ie s lay hidden in ci ies ans o med in he six-
een h cen u y by demog aphic and a chi ec u al g ow h. When Philip II commissioned
An on Van de Wyngae de make a eco d o his Spanish kingdoms in images, he
d augh sman’s gaze linge ed in he ci ies. Like he w i e s who, ue o Pausanias, we e
c ea ing a new cho og aphic adi ion, Wyngae de le an accu a e desc ip ion o Spain’s
majo u ban se ings, bo owing om he d awing echniques inhe i ed om his Flemish
mas e s. The a is ook o he coun yside o ind he ideal pe spec i es, ex ac ed he
g andeu o he ho izon in hills and coas s and p ecisely po ayed ci ies enclosed in walls
gene ally mo e e ec i e as iscal and symbolic bounds han as de ensi e s uc u es. The
excep ion was o be ound in coas al ci ies like Ba celona, whe e new sec ions o wall e-
in o ced wi h bas ions had been buil 42.
The e olu ion o he use o d awings and ch onicles in shaping he land in o a poli ical
body, epi omised by he bo de , d ew om a di e se pe cep ion o in o ma ion and
image43. Due o he su i al o he b oade meaning o he Medie al on ie , wi h i s
widesp ead his o ical and li e a y e e be a ions in Spanish socie y44, he mode n on ie ,
like he ea ly bas ioned o i ica ions along i , was a ansi ional cons uc . The idea o
he on ie (ne e ully consumma ed) abo e and beyond local pa onage-based ela ions
was consolida ed ac oss a complex ju isdic ional, mili a y and diploma ic web45 eminis-
cen o Impe ial Roman limes, ma ked by he Spanish c own’s ceaseless cons uc ion
and mensu a ion46. Con ines and encla es o Medie al o igin co-exis ed wi h his new
geome ised space as a esul o he e o mula ion o he e i o ial basis o powe 47. E en
ha geome isa ion, howe e , was ui o poli ical s uggle in- and ou side he mona chy
ha led o di e en s a egies ha we e bo h ime- ( u he o luc ua ions in he c own’s
esou ces, which de e mined he al e na ion be ween expansion and de ence in succes-
si e eigns) and space-dependen . In ha ba le he expansi e p essu e b ough o bea
GOVERNMENT AND IMAGE IN THE SPANISH MONARCHY 149
by ce ain p o incial eli es was coun e ed by he p uden de ensi e es ain o o he
o ces bo h a cou and in he e i o ies48.
In a simila ein, he mona chy’s p io i ies shi ed om he Medi e anean49 o he
A lan ic, whils i s O oman enemy, o ei ing he logis ic ad an age a o ded by i s al-
liance wi h F ance since 1526, di e ed i s powe away om ha in e io sea o expand
eas wa d o Asian geog aphies. In spi e o i s conside able ad ances in enginee ing, he
Spanish mona chy ne e unde ook p ojec s compa able o he la ge O oman canals,
ocusing a he on de ence in s a ic enclosu es. The Tu ks and he Spania ds none he-
less sha ed a con inen al iew o powe ha led hem o see na al ou es as a p olon-
ga ion o hei inland coun e pa s. The o me we e ega ded as no less i al o
communica ion be ween hei domains, o e and abo e he need o choose be ween
ship and o ess cons uc ion which was an amoun o op ing be ween dynamic de-
ence a sea and s a ic de ence on land. In 1640 Saa ed a Faja do summa ised he
need o econcile he wo mechanisms in his «imp esa» 83, which depic ed Medie al
owe in a mode n o ess su ounded by he sea unde he cap ion «I am assailed and
de ended»50.
The mona chy’s uni e sali y also es ed on he claim o he igh o exclusi e na i-
ga ion, which sp ead pas he ini ial hegemonic ambi ions o e he wes e n Medi e -
anean ( he «Spanish Sea» in O oman ex s) o include a Spanish Ocean in he A lan ic
and e en a Hispanis Ma e Paci icum. The o me was based on con o e sial papal con-
cessions (i onically called «Adam’s will», a ph ase adi ionally a ibu ed o F ancis I
o F ance51), while he la e was ound on maps d awn as la e as he second hal o
he se en een h cen u y. Reali y, howe e , g adually ou paced names. The g owing de-
pendence o na al a on echnology52 and mili a y a chi ec u e condi ioned he mo-
bilisa ion o economic, echnical and human esou ces. Tha in ensi ied he
con adic ion be ween expansion and de ence, mi o ed by he e olu ion o o i ica-
ions: om he ea lies bas ion-based s uc u es buil by he Ca holic Mona chs,
h ough hei ulle de ini ion unde he Empe o 53 and expansion and heo e ical de-
elopmen unde Philip II54 o hei ouble- augh conse a ion in he se en een h
150 DRAUGHTSMAN ENGINEERS SERVING THE SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
FIG. 4 DIEGO DE SAAVEDRA FA-
JARDO. Idea de un p íncipe polí ico
c is iano ep esen ada en cien emp e-
sas. Milán, 1642. «I am assailed and
de ended», Imp esa 83.
cen u y55. This p ocess led o he consolida ion o he pe cep ion o he e i o ies as
o esses de ended by he walls o hei moun ains and coas s in conjunc ion wi h he
bas ions a ound hei ci ies56. The mona chy as a whole could be compa ed o a huge
o ess wi h i s bo de s as i s ou e walls.
U ban cen es such as Milan we e de ined, in u n, as o ess ci ies whe e con i-
nen al oads con e ged, gua an eeing he mobili y o a mies be ween sou he n and
no he n Eu ope57. A he same ime, p ojec s o bas ioned ci ies con inued o be
planned o p o ec ma i ime on ie s and ensu e he exis ence o a ne wo k o po s
i al o he majo coas al ou es. Hence he Spanish ga isons a Toscana58 and in no h-
e n A ica o encla es such as Felipeia in B azil, ounded a he end o Philip II’s eign59.
Galleys and galleons i ed wi h inc easingly e ec i e a ille y60 o med he backbone
o a na al machine y ha , in i s s uggle agains dis ance, unsuccess ully p oposed he
use o p opelle s in addi ion o human and wind powe o dispense wi h sails61. These
essels could be ega ded as loa ing o esses and he lee s as mobile ci ies62. In his
memo andum on he c ea ion o a huge oyal lib a y add essed o he king a he be-
ginning o Philip II’s eign, Juan Páez de Cas o alluded o he u ili y o «ha ing a med
and p o isioned and mobile ci ies able o ca y you undamen als whe e e deemed
sui able»63. Vessels and o esses we e he answe o geopoli ical needs based on he
de ence o ma i ime co ido s (depending on he coas s and he winds, such as he one
ha connec ed Ba celona o Genoa, Naples and Pale mo in he Medi e anean64, he
Indies Rou e in he A lan ic and i s p olonga ion in he Paci ic wi h he Manila
galleon65) o land ou es (such as he amous Spanish Road be ween no he n I aly and
he Ne he lands66) o gua an ee in e - e i o ial communica ion. The layou and e o-
lu ion o hese co ido s, he c own’s mili a y and economic a e ies, de e mined he
mona chy’s gene al plan o ac ion and hence he p oduc ion o d awings and designs,
such as o o esses in he S ai o Magellan in ended o con ol na iga ion be ween
he A lan ic and Paci ic Oceans67.
Unsu p isingly, om he Age o Disco e y he sea was used as a me apho o he
cou , a chi es o books ( he cus odians o he sec e s o powe ), while ca og aphe s
and enginee s ende ed e e mo e accu a e ou lines o hose disco e ies in all manne
o d awings, beginning wi h maps. To cap u e a iew o land and sea on a ew inches
o pape , sugges he p esence o ligh , ai and wa e wi h b ush and pen, un one’s
gaze ac oss coas lines spa e ed wi h spo s o colou and small gli e ing pennan s,
s udy he wind ose as i i we e a compass apped in an angle o a piece o wo ld, so
close and ye so a away... such we e he mi acles o ca og aphy explo ed a leas om
he imes o P olemaic Alexand ia. Bu nei he he G eek and Roman ecumene no he
na owe spa ial ho izon emb aced in he Middle Ages had e e , as a as we know,
eached he i uosi y and concep ual weal h o he maps d awn in he so-called mode n
age68. T easu e holds o cons an ly eno a ed knowledge able o c ush au ho i a ian
p emises wi h he me hodical applica ion o empi ical analysis; wo ks o a ha con-
eyed he aes he ic h us o la e Go hic; he g adual asse ion o classical mo i s and
ul ima ely he p e alence o he mos e ined manne is language culmina ing in he
desc ip i e apo heosis iden i ied wi h Ba oque s yle; maps wi h hei d awings o
o esses and on ie s... all encompassed a wo ld i e wi h na u al and poli ical ba ie s
GOVERNMENT AND IMAGE IN THE SPANISH MONARCHY 151
we e in oduced in he chambe s ese ed o so e eigns and hei ad ise s be o e appea -
ing (as ho izon, ba le o o ess) on he walls o he ce emonial ooms wi h which hey
sha ed he poli ical scena io.
Ce emonies ep esen ed he powe o consensus in mo ion. Consequen ly, like he
science o o i ica ion, he science o e ique e was es ic ed knowledge only g adually
dissemina ed. Bo h comp ised ese ed knowledge, he con e se o p opaganda96, o
hey o med pa o he sec e s o powe , e en when in ended o a es o i s g andeu
by embodying he capaci y o o ganise space bo h in i s inne mos dep hs and i s e-
mo es bounds. The ecep ion and in e p e a ion o ca og aphe s’ and enginee s’ d aw-
ings pa alleled he de elopmen o ce emonies a ound which palace li e was s uc u ed
in keeping wi h p ac ice codi ied on he g ounds o o he d awings ha de ined he hi-
e a chies in cou ly space97. Bo de s also acqui ed a ce emonial dimension, p o iding
he se ing o oyal encoun e s and ma imonial alliances along adi ional bounda ies
such as he Ri e Bidasoa. As p epa a o y d awings and celeb a o y pain ings show, he
158 DRAUGHTSMAN ENGINEERS SERVING THE SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
FIG. 11 JUAN DE’ MEDICI.
Plano del cu so del Río Bidasoa a
su paso po Beho ia. España, Min-
is e io de Educación, Cul u a y
Depo e. A chi o Gene al de
Simancas, MPD 16, 127.
FIG. 12 PIETER VAN DER
MEULEN. In e cambio de p incesas
en 1615 en el Bidasoa, (C own
He i age) Enca nación Monas e y,
Mad id.
oyal a el called o by such e en s a o ded an oppo uni y o inspec he o i ica ions
in he su ounds and es ablish dispu ed bounda ies wi h he aid o de ices deployed o
he occasion (commissioned om mili a y enginee s such as Juan de’ Medici in 1615).
The opog aphic accu acy o such illus a ions, which complemen ed na a i es, calls
up he pano amic echnique o mili a y and ca og aphic d awing. Subo dina e, how-
e e , o he hea ics o dynas ic balance, hey cunningly es ablished isual symme ies
by concealing e i o ial i al ies e iden in he p elimina y nego ia ions and he depic-
ion o a mies in ba le o ma ion behind he cou ly en ou age. The ac ha some o
he pain ings ep esen ing hese scenes we e hung alongside he maps, ba les and iew
o ci ies ha ado ned he New Hall in Mad id’s cas le a es ed o he ce emonial ele-
ance a o ded depic ions o he on ie 98. I espec i e o diploma ic e en s, howe e ,
he command o space and ime was a concei sha ed by he cou ly and mili a y di-
mensions, which on occasion used he same symbols, such as he angle squa e and he
compass, o exp ess he impo ance o mensu a ion and wi h i he a chi ec u al na u e
o powe 99.
Ca og aphy and design endowed d awings wi h a dynamic h us whe e science and
a 100, space and ime con e ged, ex ending he use o pe spec i e o mili a y and hence
poli ical ac i i y as a whole101, while applying he p og ess in op ics o which Golden
Age li e a u e bo e wi ness102. The isual in eg a ion o knowledge, whose highes
achie emen is iden i ied wi h se en een h cen u y Du ch a , was also p esen in he
d awings o bo de s and ci ies au ho ed by he Spanish mona chy’s mili a y enginee s.
As hei o e iews and g ound plans, while seeped in he same isual cul u e, lacked
he aes he ic conno a ions ha cha ac e ised deco a i e o celeb a o y ep esen a ions
o he land, hey we e ee o deploy he capaci y o cap u e eali y. Rega ded as mino
wo ks in he con en ional hie a chy o gen es, hey we e pi o al o an a is ic and po-
li ical as well as a scien i ic i ine a y. Viewing hem as hey we e seen by he king and
minis e s o gene als o whom hey we e in ended is an amoun o unde s anding ha
hey we e as subo dina e o powe as hey we e ee o ep esen a ional codes. Thei in-
e p e a ion is compa able o an ekph as ic exe cise. They a emp ed o emula e ha
he o ic de ice, bu no in compe i ion wi h poe s as pain e s o s o ies, bu wi h his o-
ians, while lacking he la e ’s penchan o pe suasion, a leas in sec e maps and pe -
spec i es. These depic ions immedia ely ans e ed wha he d augh sman saw o he
p ince’s qua e s, enabling him o «see wi h his eyes» wha was beyond he line o sigh .
This absen ee iewing was pa e ned on go e nmen al p ocedu es, in which he mona -
chy’s powe was channelled h ough ice oys and go e no s103. The c own was s uc-
u ed a ound p o incial cou s, bu also h ough a sys em o symbolic pic u es and
illus a ions which in he case o oyal po ai s we e a o ded majes ic ibu e104. Re-
e sing i s ini ial ole as a es ic ed esou ce, mili a y and hence poli ical d awing, along
wi h o he go e nmen al echniques, e up ed on o he cou ly scena io in a mona chy
ha iden i ied wi h isual ep esen a ion105.
None heless, he plain, appa en ly unado ned images ha eme ged om he chain
o isual p oduc ion and consump ion ha an om bo de s o palace was no be e o
aes he ic ac o s. As in ce emony and he cul u e and spa ial dimension o powe as a
whole, he pic o ial adi ions o Flande s and I aly con e ged in hese d awings, condi-
GOVERNMENT AND IMAGE IN THE SPANISH MONARCHY 159
ioned by a as e sha ed by he cou and he e i o ies. «A less a » in appea ance only,
e e y millime e o hese po ayals o eali y we e bound by he laws o pe spec i e and
geome y. In such d awings o s a e he colou ha i i ied coun yside and buildings,
he aming ha w es ed hem om na u e, he pen s oke ha de ined and ca ego ised
hei elemen s, we e indeb ed o a b oade cogni i e ange ha exceeded me e ac ical
u ili y. Enginee s’ d awings, ui o ha a is ic expe imen a ion, se ed bo h o u nish
«u ban po ai s» o he pu poses o wa a e106 and o celeb a e powe h ough a new
o m o poli ical image y ha was ansla ed o eng a ings o ca og aphic pain ing, as
well as o he escoes ound in la ge lib a ies and palaces o he p in s and pain ings o
bou geois in e io s po ayed in he se en een h cen u y by Du ch pain e s such as Ve -
mee . In he i een hund eds, ci y iews and maps, p eceded by eudal ho izons p esen
in he hi een hund eds in I alian spaces such as epublican Siena o he lo dly Emilian
cas le a To echia a (ca 1460), ado ned he walls o he Fa nese Palace a Cap a ola,
he Vecchio Palace a Flo ence, he Va ican lib a y, he cou ya d in Ál a o de Bazán’s
palace a Viso del Ma qués and he Hall o Ba les a El Esco ial, o name a ew o he
be e known enues in I aly and Spain107.
Tha ga e ise o a new gen e o ado ning pala ial walls ha supplemen ed allego ical
images. Lands and o esses, ende ed wi h new echniques, ul ima ely p oli e a ed in
he a iews in can ases o ba les, syn hesising his o ical pain ing and geog aphic image.
One o he mos p ominen examples lies in he can ases in he Hall o Realms, whe e
opog aphic accu acy was a sign o au hen ici y in ended o ex ol he Conde Duque de
Oli a es’s enla gemen policies and epu a ion. These pain ings a e an ode o he cul o
obse a ion o eali y subjec o he ule ’s pe spec i e. His o y was played ou in speci ic
geog aphic space o e lec he ce emonial and legal consumma ion o su ende h ough
he igu es po ayed in he o eg ound. Excep ionally, in Maíno’s The eco e y o Bahía
160 DRAUGHTSMAN ENGINEERS SERVING THE SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
FIG. 13 DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ. The su ende o B eda (de ail), 1634-1635. P ado Museum, Mad id.
de Todos los San os, he poli ical and ce emonial image o he ic o ious gene al o e ing
he de ea ed a my a apes y wi h he oyal e igy, was se in he middle g ound. Time
and space con e ged in he Hall o Realms unde he king’s uni ying gaze, in which e e y-
day ule was ans e ed o he p ima y si e o cou ly ep esen a ion by means o isual
images o ex s in d awings, pano amas o na a i es i e wi h o esses and on ie s. In
con as o he sec ecy in which he d awings ha ma ked ou lands and ba les we e
cloaked, his display o eali y, his embodimen o he idea o he legi imacy o powe ,
was openly exhibi ed in cou ly en i ons.
None heless, all hese pic u es sha ed he need o place he mona chy’s law in high
elie . The a iews in Velazquez’s The su ende o B eda and o he ba le ield pain ings
we e no me e s age p ops bu agmen s o a wo ld whose domina ion depended on he
abili y o be ep esen ed, seen and unde s ood. These ende ings o dis an ho izons con-
olled by a ne wo k o o i ica ions we e he ou come o ansla ing enginee s’ d awings
om pape o can as, al hough a imes indi ec ly, wi h eng a ings as in e media ies.
The eloquence o he o eg ound scenes in hese pain ings, whe e his o y and poli ics
p e ailed, was ein o ced by he desc ip i e igou o backg ounds ha showed he ue
ex en o he kingdoms whose he aldic image ado ned he aul ed ceiling in his hall.
His o y ook shape in he ampli ude o space and, as in some Du ch pain ings, emblem-
a ic scenes we e jux aposed o desc ip i e o ca og aphic illus a ions. The wo we e
uni ed by his o y in which na u e, humanised by wa , was a ealm o a ional echnical
con ol whe e ep esen a ion was jus i ied by he i ues embodied in he a i udes o he
ic o ious gene als.
These pain ings aimed o be an objec i e eco d o e en s and o con ey an idea.
S anding be o e he h one wi h i s s eps and canopy, o an ins an he iewe sha ed
he an age o he so e eign o whom hey we e in ended. Pain ings o bas ions a es ed
GOVERNMENT AND IMAGE IN THE SPANISH MONARCHY 161
FIG. 14 FRAY JUAN BAUTISTA MAÍNO. The eco e y o Bahía de Todos los San os (de ail), 1634-1635. P ado Museum, Mad id.
o he climax o echnical as well as poli ical design; pain ed maps desc ibed and eco ded
e en s, con e ing eali ies in o no a ions, whe eas in enginee s’ d awings no a ions oc-
cupied agmen s o e i o y, albei o ans o m hem in keeping wi h he same idea ha
guided he iewe ’s gaze in he Hall o Realms108. This di e ed subs an ially om he al-
lego ical he o ic ha would la e be deployed a Ve sailles, whe e on ie s and o esses
occupied he a iews in only a ew la e -day deco a i e panels on he Ambassado s’
S ai case109. In he Spanish cou d awing was p ojec ed on o eali y o s ep h ough he
looking glass o he poli ical p udence wi h which powe aimed o egula e i s ans o -
ma i e capaci y by choosing which pa o a design would be buil . In his ligh , Las Meni-
nas, he amily o Philip IV’s dynas ic mani es o, embodied he doc ine o in eg a ing
powe and image, melding majes y, ision and depic ion in a pic o ial c ys allisa ion o
he idea o go e nmen as design, emo ed om on ie s and ba le ields o pala ial
seclusion.
Tha inne e ea , closed o he cou ie s who gazed a depic ions o ba le ields and
lands on can as o eng a ed maps o isualise he mona chy’s as expanse, was he do-
main o sec ecy, o he ue exe cise o powe , he cus oms o ice o d awings whe e on-
ie as abs ac ion could ma e ialise and i s o esses bodied o h. Like cou ly ce emony,
his space also had an i ine a y ha an o he mona ch’s own s udy om he qua e s in
Mad id’s Alcáza o Cas le whe e he Council o Wa (c ea ed as a b anch o he Council
o S a e in 1526 in cha ge o mili a y a ai s in he h ee c ucial domains: he de ences
o Cas ile, he a ille y and bo de line o i ica ions110) held i s mee ings. Compa ed o
he con olled dissemina ion o escoes, can ases and eng a ings, he ex eme ese e
wi h which d awings we e deal was indica i e o hei impo ance. A d awing was mo e
han a de e ed o de o s ill mo ion: i was a mili a y and poli ical manoeu e. Whe e
images a e ac s a he han celeb a ions, go e ning is gazing, designing and building. In
and h ough d awing, powe s a ed o become e ec i e as image-based ule. Keple e-
so ed o he image o he magis a e and he council o desc ibe he sense o sigh , e-
ga ded as ep esen a ion, as in pain ing111. Saa ed a Faja do also, in his Imp esa 56 (which
combines compass, w i ing and sec ecy) eso ed o he image o he pain e and he a -
chi ec o ex ol he ole o he sec e a y, gua dian o oyal eco ds: «The Council pu s o -
wa d he idea o a ac o y. The sec e a y d aws he g ound plan. And i i is lawed, he
building e ec ed o e i will also be lawed. To exp ess ha idea in his imp esa, his pen
is also a compass, o no only mus he w i e, bu he mus also measu e and adjus eso-
lu ions, synch onise occasion and iming so ha building is unde aken nei he oo ea ly
no oo la e...»112. The ex ensi e w i ings on he sec e a y a es o his poli ical ole113.
Ruling was a way o seeing ( a he away and deepe wi hin han o he s) and o pain ing,
in which eali y had i s o be d awn o be app op ia ed. Fo esigh in ol ed mo e han
o ganising de ence; i also en ailed ini ia ing a design o a conques . I o i ica ion was
an ac o e i o ial app op ia ion which, like ounding ci ies, implemen ed a legal i le o
so e eign y, e e y pic u e o a ci y o a on ie was an open doo in he walls o ac ual o
po en ial enemies. Hence he alue acco ded s olen pic u es, clandes ine desc ip ions
and hei isual depic ions, d awn in he shadows o spon anei y o om memo y. E en
when delinea ed wi h no pe spec i e and in child-like mode, by p isone s o ins ance,
hey we e use ul sou ces o in o ma ion abou ho izons o he wise inaccessible114.
162 DRAUGHTSMAN ENGINEERS SERVING THE SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
Fo oday’s in o ma ion-obsessed men ali y, sec ecy is a concei e en blu ie han
on ie , while cons i u ing i s inescapable e e se. Beginning in he six een h cen u y,
howe e , many au ho s, such as Bo e o, desc ibed sec ecy as an impe a i e o he exe cise
o powe 115. In his P íncipe Pe ec o published in 1662, Jesui And és Mendo eso ed o
he me apho o he eyes, iden i ied wi h p udence, o con end: «be he who ules an
A gos om whom no hing is concealed […] and when he wi h his powe emb aces he
ou co ne s o he wo ld, like ou Spanish mona ch, be he he oculus mundi. All should
he see wi h he eyes o unde s anding»116. Sec ecy became one o he pilla s o poli ical
science, insepa able om p udence and su eillance. The image o he igilan p ince,
like A gos, was consequen ly in oked by Saa ed a Faja do as a scep e wi h eyes in his
imp esa 55 («His P ae ide e p o ide»), and by Soló zano Pe ei a, in emblem LXVI
(«Legum munia, bium moenia»), wi h i s ci y decked wi h he eyes o he law (and
hence o powe ), and especially in LIV («Adminis i p incipum») whe e he king is de-
pic ed wea ing a obe ado ned wi h emb oide ed eyes. The me apho was also used by
Cesa e Ripa o ep esen spies, wi h a lan e n (ligh in he da k) and a dog ( igilance)117.
All hese elemen s o med pa o e e mo e complex decision-making ha was changing
he exe cise o powe .
Toge he wi h he ise o science o numbe and he a o c yp og aphy118, he de el-
opmen o a chi es helped shape a iew o con iden ial in o ma ion in which d awings
o sensi i e poin s and ou es we e a c ucial elemen in a complex sys em o espionage
ha also ound i s way in o li e a u e119. Beginning in he i een h cen u y, sec e ca -
og aphy was c ucial o compe ing wi h Po ugal o expansion120. Agains ha backd op,
GOVERNMENT AND IMAGE IN THE SPANISH MONARCHY 163
FIG. 15 CESARE RIPA. Iconología. «Spia». Venice, 1645.
C is o o o Tomasini.
FIG. 16 JUAN DE SOLÓRZANO PEREIRA. Emblema a
cen um egio poli ica. «Emblema LIV». Mad id, 1653.
Hie onymus Mün ze ’s oyage ac oss Spain in 1494 and Ma in Benheim’s121 design o
he globe illus a e wo ea ly episodes o he pu sui o in o ma ion by he majo poli ical
powe s and hei g owing dependence on echnology. The zealous cus ody o he Royal
Census in he House o T ade a Se ille symbolises he ace o ep esen ing space as
well as he ongoing imp o emen s in echnique122 ha made sec e s age a a dizzying
pace. Designs o o i ica ions me much he same a e, o hey we e soon ende ed
useless by he ci cula ion o knowledge ha led o he publica ion o he ea lies ea ises
in he six een h cen u y. Espionage ocusing on sec e de ices and machines was enla ged
o include maps, as shown by he dealings conduc ed in Po ugal by Gio an Ba is a
Gesio, Philip II’s Neapoli an ca og aphe in cha ge o ex ao dina ily ambi ious meas-
u ing and d awing p ojec s in a wo ld ha appea ed o be oo small o he mona chy123.
F ench espionage in Spain124, he objec o he g ea es his o iog aphic a en ion, along
164 DRAUGHTSMAN ENGINEERS SERVING THE SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
FIG. 17
ALBERT DÜRER,
Melancholía I,
1514.
S aa liche Kun-
s halle Ka l-
s uhe.
wi h spying in he Medi e anean a ea125, was o pa icula signi icance in he six een h-
and se en een h-cen u y en husiasm o s udies on espionage126. Fo i ica ion d awing
played a c ucial ole in his scena io and on occasion was disguised as a ondness o
classical a o conceal i s ac ual objec i es. This The p ecision o de ensi e de ail in
F ancisco de Holanda’s d awing o San ’Elmo Cas le a Naples on he occasion o a oy-
age o I aly in 1539 and 1540 unde he o de s o John III o Po ugal o depic ancien
monumen s alongside new o i ica ions e eals mo e han academic pu pose127.
In one o his mos amous eng a ings, an allego ical ision o melancholy whose in-
e p e a ion is sh ouded in mys e y e en oday, Dü e depic ed he symbolic a ibu es
o cons uc ion, iden i ied wi h hough and geome ic ac i i y. The winged emale igu e
ha embodies he condi ion si s alongside an un inished building, su ounded by meas-
u ing ins umen s. The sea is shown a a dis ance as a bounda y o be c ossed. The igu e
GOVERNMENT AND IMAGE IN THE SPANISH MONARCHY 165
FIG. 18 HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER. Jean de Din e ille and Geo ges de Sel e (The Ambassado s), 1533. London, Na ional
Galle y.
es s a compass agains a boa d on which she is no d awing; a he , he head is aised
and he a i ude pensi e. A huge key hangs om he wais , used o open and close he
ches whe e she keeps he men al sec e s128. The combina ion o sec ecy, line d awing
and ma hema ics s eng hened he mas e builde ’s in ellec ual pe sonali y. The e o e,
Dü e ’s pensi e angel is a emale d augh sman who cus odies impene able ideas so ul-
ne able ha hey need o be hidden. The museum o ins umen s and images o ma he-
ma ical knowledge in whose mids she si s, as i amid he wood ca ings in a s udiolo,
would la e be copied in o he depic ions o mensu a ion and d awing in a wo ld in which
he poli ical dimension was becoming e e mo e explici . They also appea ed in he no
less well known can as The Ambassado s pain ed by Hans Holbein he Younge in 1533,
whe e he globe bea s lines ma king Magellan’s ou e and a ma hema ical and poli ical
on ie iden i ied wi h he di ision de ined in he T ea y o To desillas acknowledged by
nei he he F ench no he English mona ch. Wi h he many laye s o meaning ha make
i one o he bes isual synopses o he poli ical cul u e o i s day, he pain ing can be
in e p e ed as a eapp aisal o diplomacy ha s essed he powe o ma hema ics and
ca og aphy in he compe i ion o he domina ion o a wo ld ha had begun o be global.
In hei silen dialogue, howe e , symbolised by elemen s such as he dis o ed skull129,
hese F ench ambassado s o Hen y VIII’s cou also exude a need o sec ecy, inhe en
in he ambi ion o design he wo ld and in he powe o he image as a ool o go e nmen ,
a concei whose implica ions had been ully g asped by he mona chy agains which hey
we e pi ed.
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explain o he e ses o his Noche Oscu a:ibid., p. 630. [English ansla ion, E.A. Pee s: h p://www.ccel.o g/ccel/john_c oss/
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4. ROTTERDAM, 1998, pp. 48-49.
5. HOLANDA, 1984, p. 16.
6. See RICARD, 1965; EGIDO, 1982; GÓMEZ SOLÍS, 1990. Compa e o BLANCO, 1996.
7. See BOGNOLO, 1996 and 2000; DUCE GARCÍA, 2005.
8. See DUCE GARCÍA, 2001.
9. ARREDONDO, 1528. Compa e o SEARY, 1996.
10. ALDANA, 2000, p. 405.
11. See MANGANI, 1998.
12. See BATAILLON, 1960; ROSENTHAL, 1971 and 1973; WALTER, 1995; GONZALO SÁNCHEZ-MOLERO, 2000.
13. See POLLEROSS, 1993.
14. See BRAUDEL, 1949.
15. See PARKER, 1998, pp. 36-37.
16. See MADERUELO, 2005.
17. BUZZATI, 2005, pp. 278-279.
18. See SICARI, 2006.
19. See IOGNA-PRAT, 2016.
20. HEIDEGGER, 1994.
21. FEBVRE, 1912, 1928 and 1935.
22. SCHMITT, 1979 and 2007.
23. See SCHLÖGEL, 2007.
24. See TOUBERT, 1992. On he Mode n Age, o which he e is ex ensi e li e a u e, see: NORDMAN, 1998; DELSALLE and FERRER,
2000; FASANO GUARINI and VOLPINI, 2008; BERTRAND and PLANAS, 2011. On o i ica ion on he on ie in gene al, see: SODINI,
2001.
25. See SAHLINS, 1989.
26. In Ramón de Bas e a’s poe y, o ins ance, and his Escuela Romana del Pi ineo, o E nes o Jiménez Caballe o and his ision
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27. See AZARA, 2005.
28. See CÁMARA MUÑOZ, 1991.
29. See LÓPEZ ALEMANY and VAREY, 2006, pp. 15-22.
30. See SLOTERDIJK, 2004 and 2007.
31. See CHECA and GARCÍA, 2011.
32. See PEIL, 1999; BÖKER, 1999. Compa e o GORDON, 1987, pp. 231-252.
33. See ANGELINI, 2007.
34. See HARRIES, 1992.
35. Cesa e Ripa’s 1593 Iconologia po ayed «Misu a» (mensu a ion) as a «donna di g a e aspe o» who held a ule in he igh
hand, ep esen ing he Roman oo , and in he le an angle squa e and a compass, o «La Misu a è ciò che col peso, con
la capaci à, con lunghezza, al eza & animo si e mina & inisce», and on he g ounds o he ins umen s, she is associa ed
wi h geome y (RIPA, 1992, pp. 289-291). The igu e bea s a s iking simila i y o Ripa’s «Theo ia», shown as a young woman
gazing upwa d, on he head a compass wi h he ips poin ed owa d he sky (ibid., pp. 530-531). The allego y inhe en in
O dine D i o, e Gius o can also be se in he same concep ual and symbolic ealm (ibid., pp. 328-329). The compass, like
he angle squa e and o he measu ing ins umen s in he same seman ic sphe e, we e associa ed wi h di e en b anches o
knowledge and he a s, po ayed as s a es o mind o men al acul ies. See CORRAIN, 2010. Compa e o PIERGUIDI, 2008.
36. See CHECA, 1986.
37. See ELLIOTT, 1972, pp. 69-70; PARKER, 1990, p. 165. Fo a mode n e sion o Va gas’s book, see VARGAS MACHUCA, 2003, edi ed
by Cues a Domingo and F. López-Ríos. Compa e o MARTÍNEZ DE SALINAS, 1991.
38. See HERNANDO SÁNCHEZ, 1998.
39. See SILVA CASTELO-BRANCO, 1994.
40. See PORRAS GIL, 2002.
41. See BRESCIANI ALVAREZ, 1965; CÁMARA MUÑOZ, 2000; LÓPEZ MILLÁN, 2011.
42. See GALERA i MONEGAL, 1998.
43. See SCHUMACHER, 2002.
44. See MITRE FERNÁNDEZ, 2015; SÁNCHEZ GARCÍA, 2015.
45. See USUNÁRIZ, 2006; BÉLY, 2008.
46. See PADRÓN, 2004; CÁMARA MUÑOZ, 2014.
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