{"id":1787416,"date":"2019-06-10T09:39:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T13:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787416"},"modified":"2019-06-10T09:39:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T13:39:06","slug":"an-exhibition-of-maps-of-the-imagination-in-strasbourg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/06\/an-exhibition-of-maps-of-the-imagination-in-strasbourg\/","title":{"rendered":"An Exhibition of Maps of the Imagination in Strasbourg"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"An exhibition at BNU Strasbourg,\u00a0Hors du Monde: La Carte et l’Imaginaire<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, explores the role of imagined places on maps, from monsters on Renaissance maps to California-as-an-island to fantasy maps. The press dossier<\/a> (PDF; in French) serves as a fairly detailed guide. Opened 18 May; runs until 20 October 2019. Admission 3\u20ac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An exhibition at BNU Strasbourg,\u00a0Hors du Monde: La Carte et l’Imaginaire, explores the role of imagined places on maps, from monsters on Renaissance maps to California-as-an-island to fantasy maps. The press dossier (PDF; in French)… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[50,31,153,48,1347],"class_list":["post-1787416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","category-maps-and-literature","tag-exhibitions","tag-fantasy-maps","tag-france","tag-libraries","tag-strasbourg","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1784906,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/02\/literary-maps-exhibition-at-harvards-houghton-library\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787416,"position":0},"title":"Literary Maps Exhibition at Harvard’s Houghton Library","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"1 February 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Landmarks: Maps as Literary Illustration, an exhibition of literary and fantasy maps at Harvard's Houghton Library, is free to the public and runs through 14 April 2018. \"Presented in conjunction with the bicentenary of the Harvard Map Collection, this exhibition brings together over 60 landmark literary maps, from the 200-mile-wide\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Maps and Literature"","block_context":{"text":"Maps and Literature","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/maps-and-literature\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/landmarks-houghton-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1786596,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/11\/worlds-imagined-redux\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787416,"position":1},"title":"Worlds Imagined Redux","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"7 November 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_TkCoYZc4oc If you missed Worlds Imagined, the imaginary maps exhibition at Texas A&M University last year, fear not. The 100-page exhibition catalogue is still available for download (if no longer in print), and while it doesn't always show the entire map, it's a hell of a reference, equal in scope\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Maps and Literature"","block_context":{"text":"Maps and Literature","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/maps-and-literature\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/_TkCoYZc4oc\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1789658,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-more-real-world-fantasy-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787416,"position":2},"title":"Lord of Maps: More Real-World Fantasy Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 November 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Here\u2019s another map artist who draws maps of real-world places in the style of fantasy maps: Isaac of Lord of Maps has around 30 maps\u2014mostly of U.S. states, but also a few countries and one city\u2014available for sale as prints of various sizes. Style-wise they\u2019re dead ringers for Christopher Tolkien\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-ky-1024x499.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-ky-1024x499.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-ky-1024x499.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-ky-1024x499.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1787384,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/05\/fantasy-maps-dont-belong-in-the-hands-of-fantasy-characters\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787416,"position":3},"title":"Fantasy Maps Don\u2019t Belong in the Hands of Fantasy Characters","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"28 May 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"My latest piece for Tor.com went live this morning. It\u2019s called \u201cFantasy Maps Don\u2019t Belong in the Hands of Fantasy Characters\u201d and it deals with the question of in-world fantasy maps: the maps that characters inside a fantasy novel might use. 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