Julie Wagner's Studio » handmade book http://juliewagnerstudio.com This site is where I will post my working journal pages and the paintings, books and sculpture I am working on. Thu, 03 Nov 2016 20:52:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Mapping Shakespeare’s Tragedies: King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello http://juliewagnerstudio.com/?p=616 http://juliewagnerstudio.com/?p=616#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2016 19:03:05 +0000 Julie Wagner http://juliewagnerstudio.com/?p=616 Continue reading →]]> These are the pages of my book Mapping Shakespeare’s Tragedies: King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, which was included in the show, The Book’s the Thing: Shakespeare from Stage to Page, at the New Mexico History Museum from February 5 to 28, 2016.  Each page is a map showing where a particular tragedy took place, with geographic elements and the movements of all the principals. I read all the plays, and did a lot of research of old maps from Shakespeare’s time. The book is a drum-leaf binding with watercolor and ink on watercolor paper. It measures 15″ high, 12″ wide and 3/4″ deep.  The pages measure 15″x24″.

Cover of Mapping Shakespeare's Tragedies

King Lear

Hamlet

Macbeth

Othello

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