Heinrich Caesar Berann

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    Superb pictorial bird’s-eye view of Mount Etna drawn by the legendary illustrator Heinrich Caesar Berann and published in 1953 by the Catania Tourist Board. This charming tourist map is illustrated in baroque style with decorative borders and an antique-looking map of Catania in the left side-panel. On the verso are photographs of Etna and its environs, accompanied by information about climbing the volcano. Heinrich Caesar Berann (1915 – 1999) was an Austrian painter and cartographer. He achieved…

    • Author: Heinrich Caesar Berann
    • Dimension: 43 x 62 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1953
  • Printed in Genoa in 1950, this tri-fold brochure is one of the finest examples of postwar Italian tourist cartography. The central panel is entirely occupied by a large panoramic view of Lake Garda rendered using the “bird’s-eye view” technique, the unmistakable stylistic hallmark of Heinrich C. Berann. The viewer is ideally positioned to the southwest, with Mantua behind them, and the gaze sweeps northward, taking in the entire expanse of the lake: from the morainic…

    • Author: Heinrich Caesar Berann
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Dimension: 42 x 61 cm
    • Year: 1950
  • The elegant fold-out brochure titled “XVII Olympic Games in Rome,” commissioned by Banca Nazionale del Lavoro and produced in 1960 by the Sigla lithography studio in Genoa, stands as one of the finest examples of visual communication related to the Olympic Games. The work, designed by Heinrich C. Berann, takes the form of a striking bird’s-eye view map, successfully combining topographical precision with extraordinary pictorial quality. The illustration, starting from a Rome rich in monumental…

    • Author: Heinrich Caesar Berann
    • Dimension: 42 x 50,5 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1960