You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination - Softcover

Harmon, Katharine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568984308 ISBN 13: 9781568984308

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003

Synopsis

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 Gilligan's Island. There are speculative maps of the world before it was known, and maps to secret places known only to the mapmaker. Artists' maps show another kind of uncharted realm: the imagination. What all these maps have in common is their creators' willingness to venture beyond the boundaries of geography or convention. You Are Here is a wide-ranging collection of such superbly inventive maps. These are charts of places you're not expected to find, but a voyage you take in your mind: an exploration of the ideal country estate from a dog's perspective; a guide to buried treasure on Skeleton Island; a trip down the road to success; or the world as imagined by an inmate of a mental institution. With over 100 maps from artists, cartographers, and explorers, You are Here gives the reader a breath-taking view of worlds, both real and imaginary.

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You are Here

Synopsis:

Mapmaking fulfills one of our most ancient and deep seated desires understanding the world around us and our place in it. However the maps in this book do not only show oceans and continents but realms even outside our comprehension. What they all have in common is the creator's desire to go beyond the boundaries of geography.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1568984308
• ISBN 13: 9781568984308
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192