Research Catalog

Title

Archipelago : an atlas of imagined islands / edited by Huw Lewis-Jones ; prologue by Chris Riddell.

Publication

• London : Thames & Hudson, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lewis-Jones, Huw
• Riddell, Chris

Description

192 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps; 27 cm

Summary

Islomania is a recognized affliction. But what is it about islands that is so alluring, and why do so many people find these self-contained worlds completely irresistible? Utopia and Atlantis were islands, and islands have captured the imaginations of writers and artists for centuries. Venetian sailors were the first to make collections of them by drawing maps of those they visited in their isolari - literally the "island books". Then in 1719 Daniel Defoe published his tale of a castaway on a desert island, 'Robinson Crusoe', one of the first great novels in the history of literature and an instant bestseller. Defoe's tale combined the real and the imagined and transformed them into a compelling creative landscape, establishing a whole literary genre and unleashing the power of an island for storytelling. To celebrate the tercentenary of Robinson Crusoe's publication, a truly international range of leading illustrators imagine they too have been washed up on their own remote island. In a specially created map they visualize what it looks like, what it's called and what can be found on its mythical shores. In a panoply of astonishingly creative and often surprising responses, we are invited to explore a curious and fabulous archipelago of islands of invention that will beguile illustrators, cartographers and dreamers alike.

Alternative Title

Atlas of imagined islands

Subject

• Imaginary places
• Artists as cartographers
• Maps in art
• Cartography in art

Genre/Form

Thematic maps.

Contents

Prologue / Chris Riddell -- Islomania / Huw Lewis-Jones -- True places Kiran Millwood Hargrave -- Chamaeleontis / Mattias Adolfsson -- Kaijuto / Takayo Akiyama -- Auckland / Spider Anderson -- Primera-Edición / Diego Becas -- Danseuse / Aina Bestard -- Mihi / Coralie Bickford-Smith -- El Dodorado / Linda Bondestam -- Sömnö / Bill Bragg -- Moderna / Ruta Briede -- Hope Rock / Helen Cann -- Xlibris / Kevin Cannon -- Cosgrave / Edward Carey -- Futility / Ross Collins -- Northia / Helen Crawford-White -- Honey / Lucy Dalzell -- Noi / Benji Davies -- Between-Tides / Marion Deuchars -- Virvelvind / Sophie Diao -- Kraina / Barbara Dziadosz -- Ithaka / Sara Fanelli -- Selkirk / Rose Forshall -- Holiday / Tom Gauld -- Port Venture / Ben Giles -- Angria / Isabel Greenberg -- Anima / Will Grill -- Laputa-Nova / James Gulliver Hancock -- Pellinki / Kari Herbert -- Kýklos / Stuart Hill -- Aves / Kate Hindley -- Mercusuar / Kathrin Honesta -- Reason / Rian Hughes -- Insectulum / Linzie Hunter -- Crumbs / Brendan Kearney -- Sniggling Tump / John Dunbar Kilburn -- Melkein / Reka Kiraly -- Neringa Aušra Kiudulaite -- Burin / John Lawrence -- Hy-Brasil / Steve McCarthy -- Ayeaye'la / Sarah McIntyre -- Kess / Joe McLaren -- Lointaine / Julie Marabelle -- Adar / Millie Marotta -- Galanscae / Russ Nicholson -- Kardia / Elisa Paganelli -- Talvisaari / Matti Pikkujämsä -- Robinson / Rodica Prato -- Morado / Matthew Rangel -- Koratar / Daniel Reeve -- Caligo / Steph von Reiswitz -- Lear / Chris Riddell -- Hypnagogia / Frost Rundall -- Ulmasaar / Ulla Saar -- Nanuq / Mandana Sadat -- Upside / Ben Sanders -- Sagan / Lorna Scobie -- Sapno / Elena Selena -- Cythera / Caroline Selmes -- Zungeland / Nick Sharratt -- Lygrano / Maisie Paradise Shearring -- Camellia / Dave Shelton -- Atoz Atoll / Andy Smith -- Polonia / Piotr Socha -- Südwind / Katja Spitzer -- Tip Toe / Hervé Tullet -- Cordaxia / Sam Usher -- Svajoti / Monika Vaicenavičiene ̊-- Golden Section / Stephen Walter -- Tipple / Yeji Yun -- Lines of Possibility / Malachy Tallack.

Call Number

JFF 20-842

ISBN

• 9780500022566
• 0500022569

LCCN

2019934333

OCLC

1108726688

Title

Archipelago : an atlas of imagined islands / edited by Huw Lewis-Jones ; prologue by Chris Riddell.

Publisher

London : Thames & Hudson, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Lewis-Jones, Huw, editor.

Riddell, Chris, writer of prologue.

Research Call Number

JFF 20-842