Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The map reimagined: this stunning volume gathers the most beautiful, inspirational, and creatively designed maps from around the world. Showcasing hand-drawn, painted, digital, 3D-sculpted, and folded maps, this unique collection celebrates the modern map, in all imaginable forms. The Art of Cartography invites readers on a journey across the globe--and beyond--through geographical maps, fictional maps, and innovative cultural, economic, and political maps. Charting themes that range from power, gentrification, and literature to animals, plants and food, they offer a slice of social history that is as striking as it is fascinating.
Synopsis
With hand-drawn, painted, digital, 3D, and folded maps, this unique collection takes traditional cartography in a new direction. Journey across the globe and beyond through a series of innovative geographical maps, fictional maps, and cultural, economic, and political maps. Featuring themes ranging from power and gentrification to literature and animals, they present a slice of social history that's as beautiful as it is fascinating.