As a kid I was obsessed with the movie Time Bandits, especially the time map.
Textbook timelines always looked paltry and pathetic in comparison. A
new book from Princeton Architectural Press shows that the timeline
doesn't have to be so straightforward. Cartographies of Time, by Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton
features a variety of historic timelines that use temples, branches,
ladders, curves and even the human form to graphically represent the
passing of time. Many of these timelines, like the historical charts
published by Italian scholar and poet Girolamo Martignoni in 1721, look
like maps. My favorite is the 1912 Marconi North Atlantic Communication
chart which tracked ships like the Titanic at points in time rather
than by their geographic location - perhaps this is the one that opens
up the time holes...
(Tonight: stop by
Cabinet Magazine's offices in Brooklyn for a book party on April 15th 7pm)
They turn out pretty nice.
how to draw
Posted by: Account Deleted | March 01, 2012 at 06:29 PM