MassArt Illustration

The Art of Illustrated Maps

Visiting Lecturer John Roman’s book The Art of Illustrated Maps has just been released. John’s book correlates not-to-scale maps as “the creative nonfiction of cartography,” and in this book he reveals how and why the human mind instinctively accepts the artistic license invoked in imaginative maps. Drawing from a wide range of references, The Art of Illustrated Maps traces the roots of this specialized art form’s two-thousand-year history, and through the works of numerous contemporary illustrators from around the world, documents the creative process of professional map artists as well as the inspirations behind 21st-century illustrated maps. The publication includes a map by Illustration senior Dom Civiello, whose piece was featured back in April when it was selected to be included in The Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Show.

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On October 23rd the book was launched at the Boston Public Library’s Norman B. Leventhal Map Center with an artist’s talk sponsored by the Boston Map Society.

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