Description
Instructive, amusing, colorful—pictorial maps have been used and admired because the first medieval cartographer put pen to paper depicting mountains and trees across countries, people and objects around margins, and sea monsters in oceans. More contemporary generations of pictorial map artists have continued that traditional mixture of whimsy and fact, combining cartographic elements with text and images and featuring bold and arresting designs, bright and cheerful colors, and energetic detail. In the US, the art form flourished from the 1920s through the 1970s, when thousands of innovative maps were mass-produced to be used as advertisements and decorative objects—the golden age of American pictorial maps.
Picturing America is the first book to showcase this vivid and popular genre of maps. Geographer Stephen J. Hornsby gathers together 158 delightful pictorial jewels, most drawn from the extensive collections of the Library of Congress. In his informative introduction, Hornsby outlines the development of the cartographic form, identifies several representative artists, describes the process of creating a pictorial map, and considers the significance of the form in the history of Western cartography. Organized into six thematic sections, Picturing America covers a vast swath of the pictorial map tradition right through its golden age, ranging from “Maps to Amuse” to “Maps for War.” Hornsby has unearthed the most fascinating and visually striking maps the US has to offer: Disney cool animated film maps, college campus maps, kooky state tourism ads, World War II promotional posters, and plenty of more. This remarkable, charming volume’s glorious full-color pictorial maps can be impossible to resist to any map lover or armchair traveler.
Picturing America is the first book to showcase this vivid and popular genre of maps. Geographer Stephen J. Hornsby gathers together 158 delightful pictorial jewels, most drawn from the extensive collections of the Library of Congress. In his informative introduction, Hornsby outlines the development of the cartographic form, identifies several representative artists, describes the process of creating a pictorial map, and considers the significance of the form in the history of Western cartography. Organized into six thematic sections, Picturing America covers a vast swath of the pictorial map tradition right through its golden age, ranging from “Maps to Amuse” to “Maps for War.” Hornsby has unearthed the most fascinating and visually striking maps the US has to offer: Disney cool animated film maps, college campus maps, kooky state tourism ads, World War II promotional posters, and plenty of more. This remarkable, charming volume’s glorious full-color pictorial maps can be impossible to resist to any map lover or armchair traveler.
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