About this title: Mapmaking fulfills one of our most ancient and deepseated desires: understanding the world around us and our place in it. But maps need not just show continents and oceans: there are maps to heaven and hell; to happiness and despair; maps of moods, matrimony, and mythological places. There are maps to popular culture, from Gulliver's Island to ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PRESS Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781568984308ISBN:1568984308
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 192 pages. (192 pages) personal geographies and other maps of the imagination. over 100 inventive maps from artists, graphic designers and illustrators, ranging from book covers to tapestries, from advertisements to personal accounts, giving a breathtaking view of the world, both real and imaginary. 100 illustrations, (50 colour ) (Paperback) read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781568984308ISBN:1568984308
Description: New. Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination. Over 100 inventive maps from artists, graphic designers and illustrators, ranging from book covers to tapestries, from advertisements to personal accounts, giving a breathtaking view of the world... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, USA
ISBN-13:9781568984308ISBN:1568984308
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Mapmaking fulfills one of our most ancient and deepseated desires: understanding the world around us and our place in it. But maps need not just show continents and oceans: there are maps to heaven and hell; to happiness and despair; maps of moods, matrimony, and mythological places. There are maps to popular culture, from Gulliver's Island ... read more
Description: New. A wide-ranging collection of superbly inventive maps: charts of places you are not expected to find, e.g., an exploration of the ideal countryestaste from a dog's perspective, a guide to buried treasure; a trip down the road of success, or the imagi. read more
"I LOVE the concept of personal geography, and the maps and images in this book are amazingly creative and fascinating to me. This book has inspired me to start my own journal of little maps and map-like images of my life. I'm excited about this project in a way that nothing has excited me in a very long time."
"I got this nicely done little book for free in the aftermath of a rummage sale. It's good enough that I probably would have paid for it if I had the chance.
The book collects different maps, all ones with personal twists to them. Some of them are comical, others political, and still others just artistic exercises. The variety found within is a testament to the variety of forms a map could take (from highly defined land and water diagrams to abstract assemblages of color and text) and the uses for them. (More than geography is explored through these maps. Personal histories, social commentaries, and spiritual instructions abound.)"
"I love maps, all kinds of maps. I love street maps, wall maps, globes, and I especially love maps in books, of both real and imaginary places. (The one in the book The Phantom Tollbooth has always given me great joy.) Whenever I start a book and see included maps, I am very happy. I was very excited to find and read this book.
The premise gets a 5 from me, the art (because that's what these maps are) and creativity I give a full range of stars but overall I can give it a 4, but overall the maps in this book were somewhat disappointing to me; they were just ok = 2 stars. The range of how I'd rate each map goes from 5 to 1, but I didn't enjoy them as much as I'd anticipated.
The book was divided into sections of personal geography, at home in the world, and fantasy, but those lines were blurred. Some introductory text is given per section and some descriptive text is given for each map.
Most of the maps in this book are so intricate and detailed, and many have tiny print, so many are difficult to read/view. I actually used a magnifying glass to look at many of them.
Most of the maps are more works of art than maps as I had thought of them, but most are interesting and very creative, and there are also many more traditional maps that are creatively altered.
My favorite "map" was on pages 36-37: Body Map of My Life, which was all in writing and very, very funny. I was going to list several other personal favorites but there ended up being too many, and I assume each reader will have different taste as to which maps they enjoy the most.
One thing this book did was get me thinking about various kinds of maps and the possibility of using graphic means of journaling or using map making as a personal project, for myself and as projects to do with children or adults."
"I've checked this book out twice from the library with every intention of loving it-- the premise is so delicious... visualizations (maps) of things that seem un-mappable. The first time, I read the introduction with relish and then looked through every page without anything pulling me in. The second time through, I realized that the introduction by the curator of this collection is the best part. Otherwise, there are a couple of images and essays that are "Okay" (and that's what two stars stand for in goodreads)."
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