Seven Books on Maps: From Mercator to Boetti
A curated list of seven books explores the history, art, and fantasy of maps. Titles include Phaidon's "Map: Exploring the World" (2015) with 300 examples from Mercator to Google Earth; "Mappe" by Aleksandra & Daniel Mizielinski (ElectaKids, 2016) updated with 16 new countries; Guillaume Duprat's "Il libro delle terre immaginate" (L'Ippocampo Ragazzi, 2009) on imagined Earths; Laura Miller's "Atlante dei luoghi letterari" (Rizzoli, 2018) covering 99 literary lands; Lorenza Pignatti's "Mind the Map" (Postmedia Books, 2011) with essays including Trevor Paglen; Hans Ulrich Obrist's "Mapping It Out" (Thames & Hudson, 2014) on contemporary artists; and Luca Cerizza's "Le mappe di Alighiero e Boetti" (Electa, 2009) focusing on Alighiero Boetti's map works. The article was published on Artribune Magazine #47 by Marco Enrico Giacomelli.
Key facts
- Phaidon's 'Map: Exploring the World' (2015) includes 300 map examples from Gerardus Mercator to Google Earth.
- Aleksandra & Daniel Mizielinski's 'Mappe' (ElectaKids, 2016) was updated with 16 new countries.
- Guillaume Duprat's 'Il libro delle terre immaginate' (L'Ippocampo Ragazzi, 2009) depicts historical imagined Earths.
- Laura Miller's 'Atlante dei luoghi letterari' (Rizzoli, 2018) collects 99 literary locations.
- Lorenza Pignatti's 'Mind the Map' (Postmedia Books, 2011) includes essays by Trevor Paglen.
- Hans Ulrich Obrist's 'Mapping It Out' (Thames & Hudson, 2014) features contemporary artists' cartographic works.
- Luca Cerizza's 'Le mappe di Alighiero e Boetti' (Electa, 2009) examines Alighiero Boetti's map art.
- The article was published on Artribune Magazine #47 by Marco Enrico Giacomelli.
Entities
Artists
- Alighiero Boetti
- Trevor Paglen
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Marco Enrico Giacomelli
- Aleksandra Mizielinski
- Daniel Mizielinski
- Guillaume Duprat
- Laura Miller
- Lorenza Pignatti
- Luca Cerizza
- Gerardus Mercator
Institutions
- Phaidon
- ElectaKids
- L'Ippocampo Ragazzi
- Rizzoli
- Postmedia Books
- Thames & Hudson
- Electa
- Artribune
- Christie's
Locations
- Londra
- Milano
- New York