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Living Maps : An Atlas of Cities Personified - Adam Dant

Living Maps

An Atlas of Cities Personified

By: Adam Dant (Artist)

Hardcover | 23 January 2018

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This gorgeously illustrated atlas personifies 28 cities around the world. Each map sheds light on the strange and marvelous ways in which humans interact with the places they call home.

Artist and creative cartographer Adam Dant dissects Manhattan in an anatomical diagram, traces the form of a Picasso nude in the streets of Monaco, and transforms the crisscrossing paths of boats on the Bosporus into the nerves of Istanbul. Dant draws on the history, culture, and geography of each city and on the aesthetic of antique maps to create works of cartographic art.

With a light touch in the introduction, the maps are framed with the intriguing fictional narrative of Dr. London, a collector of anthropomorphised maps. Each map is preceded by text exploring the theme of the map, written as though by a scholar studying Dr. London's collection.

This conceit, combined with Dant's gorgeous faux-vintage style, makes the book a unique and beguiling gift.

About the Author

Having studied Graphic Design and Fine Art printmaking at The Royal College of Art, HDK Berlin and MS University, Baroda India Adam Dant was awarded the British School at Rome's scholarship in etching and engraving 1992-93. It was in Rome that Dant's focus on the history of visual narrative, architecture as public space and the cartographic aesthetic came to the fore.
Industry Reviews
"Living Maps is presented as a collection of beautifully illuminated, hand-drawn charts from the library of an imagined character, the slippery Dr London." -- World of Interiors

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