Johann Homann
Johann Baptist Homann ( born March 20, 1664 Oberkammlach, now part of Kammlach in the district of Lower Allgäu, † July 1, 1724 in Nuremberg ) was a German cartographer, publisher and copperplate engraver.
Life and work
The birth of John the Baptist ( Baptista ) Homann was not sure to determine long time. An official confirmation, which had overtaken his father, was found recently in the State Archive in Nuremberg. Thus, the date of birth March 20, 1664 is well established. Homann was initially educated at a Jesuit school and he wanted to be a Dominican; but he joined then to Protestantism in 1687 and notary in Nuremberg. Soon, however, he turned to the copper and map engraving. From 1693 to 1695 he was in Vienna, then again in Nuremberg and by 1698 he stabbed maps in Leipzig.
In 1702 he established a wholesale and a publisher of Cartography in Nuremberg, who has published numerous globes and maps. A first compilation was published 1707. Homann delivered about 200 cards, including the Great Atlas over the world in 126 pages ( 1716) and the Atlas methodicus ( 1719) in 18 sheets. His imagination Map Accurata tabulae utopiae from Cockaigne after the fictional travelogue Johann Andreas Schnebelin († 1706) was known. In addition, he also produced armillary spheres and other mechanical works of art. The cards Christmas flood in Lower Germany ( 1717), the duchies of Bremen and Verden and Local Area Map of Bremen with a city view ( 1720 ) come from him.
Homann undercutting the prices of the Dutch and French publisher and was in Germany in the 18th century, the most important publisher of maps and atlases. His cards were equipped with a rich artistic work including historical and ethnographic illustrations.
In 1715 Homann was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin, and also to the imperial geographer at the court of Charles VI. appointed.
He worked very closely with the already known at the time the Nuremberg engraver Christoph Weigel ( 1654-1725 ). His Little Atlas scholasticus of 18 charters in 1710, was accomodirt by the Leipziger textbook writer Johann Hübner ( 1668-1731 ) and the 1719 -released Atlas methodicus was established after Hübnerischer teaching manner.
Johann Baptist Homann died on 1 July 1724. His company passed to his son Johann Christoph Homann ( 1703-1730 ) on. He put his two managers, Johann Georg Ebersberg (or Ebersperger ) and Johann Michael Franz, a heir to the plot. After his death, " Homann Heirs" (also called " Homannsche heirs " or " heirs Homännische " double Heritiers de Homann, lat Homannianos Heredes ) the Company was continued under the name. In the middle of the 18th century were still renowned scholars such as Johann Michael Franz, Tobias Mayer, Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, Georg Moritz Lowitz, Johann Hübner and Johann Gottfried Gregorii working for the company. The long and varied success story of the industry leader ended in 1848 with the death of the last owner, Christoph Franz Fembo.
Hall of Fame in Munich
A bust of Johann Baptist Homann was the installation in the hall of fame in Munich. The bust was destroyed in 1944 and not yet restored or recreated. Today, a plaque recalls.