The Art of Illustrated Maps by Roman, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Special Offers Dedication Table of Contents Preface

Aerial Views

Introduction Part I. A Look Back: Mapping the Origins of Illustrated Maps

A Sketchy Past Split-Brain Influence on Maps Strabo Strabo’s Geography Claudius Ptolemy’s Geographia Cartography and Illustrated Maps Defined: AD 150 The Cultural Origins of Technical Mapping The Middle Ages The Renaissance: Rebirth of the Individual Perspective’s Importance to Illustrated Maps Brunelleschi and Alberti Bird’s-Eye-View Maps Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century American Folk-Art Maps Illustrated Maps Up to the Twentieth Century

Part II. Illustrated Maps: The Viewer, The Artist and The Mind

Viewer Participation The Joy of Illustrated Maps Five Stages of the Creative Process Dr. Rollo May’s Theory The Artist as Vehicle for Creative Inspiration Accessing the Inner Warrior “Body Language” in an Illustrator’s Work The Golden Spiral Hierarchy of Design: The A-B-C Rule The Four Design Functions of Illustrated Maps The Circle as a Symbol Animal and Monster Symbolism in Maps Objects and Colors as Symbols The Map as a Symbol in Itself How the Brain Maps Its World Illustrated Maps: A Picture and a Thousand Words

Part III. The Creative Process of a Map Illustrator

The Process for Creating an Editorial Map

Initial Client Contact Drafting the Preliminary Rough Sketch Constructing the Tight Rough Sketch Completion of the Final Art Adding Color Final Art Delivery Additional Editorial Map Assignments

The Process for Creating a Technical Campus Map

The Art of Caricature Applied to Mapmaking Researching a Location Orienting the Map Using Site-Plan Maps to Establish a Point of View On-Site Research Photography and Preliminary Sketch Completion of the Final Art Additional Campus Map Projects

David Atkinson: An Illustrated Tourist-Guide Map Katherine Baxter: An Illustrated Advertising Map Illustrated Maps for Advertising and Marketing

Part IV. A Showcase of Contemporary Map Illustration

A Gallery of Map Illustrators David Atkinson Katherine Baxter Domenic Civiello Abi Daker Rod Hunt Khuan+Ktron Olivier Kugler Claire Lordon Al Lorenz Jamie Malone Aaron Meshon Jean-Louis Rheault Cindy Salans Rosenheim Carlo Stanga White Mountain Puzzles Mario Zucca

Conclusion

A Look Forward: The Future of Illustrated Maps

Permissions Works Cited About the Author Acknowledgments Marketing Page Copyright

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