Graphic Map.
Parentheses| N° d'inventaire | 30799 |
| Format | 16.7 x 24.5 |
| Détails | 192 pages, numerous color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Marseille, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782863644461 |
"I'm told that some people aren't interested in maps; I find it hard to believe..."
Robert Louis Stevenson
As infinite as the world of maps may be, each one invariably results from a combination of signs, symbols, and shapes. Generally conventional, these graphic tools are sometimes surprisingly personal, playful and creative, even tinged with poetry.
Patterns and colors, lettering and numbers, legends, frames, grids and imaginary lines: it is to this vocabulary adapted to the representation of seas, continents, sites or uses that this passionate exploration of graphic and geographical curiosities is devoted.
Nourished by insatiable erudition, this journey, combining eras, places, origins and media, allows us to measure and savor the inexhaustible inventiveness of the language of cartographers.
"I'm told that some people aren't interested in maps; I find it hard to believe..."
Robert Louis Stevenson
As infinite as the world of maps may be, each one invariably results from a combination of signs, symbols, and shapes. Generally conventional, these graphic tools are sometimes surprisingly personal, playful and creative, even tinged with poetry.
Patterns and colors, lettering and numbers, legends, frames, grids and imaginary lines: it is to this vocabulary adapted to the representation of seas, continents, sites or uses that this passionate exploration of graphic and geographical curiosities is devoted.
Nourished by insatiable erudition, this journey, combining eras, places, origins and media, allows us to measure and savor the inexhaustible inventiveness of the language of cartographers.