Capture your world in 3D. Video - A Vintage Look at 'Modern Map Making' in the 1940s. A Visual History of Arabian Nights - Maria Popova - Entertainment. Different illustrators from across history offer their fantastical interpretations of a classic tale.
Among 2011′s best sort-of-children's books was a magnificent volume culling the best illustrations from 130 years of Brothers Grimm fairy tales -- a visual history of some of the most memorable storytelling ever published. Visions of the Jinn: Illustrators of the Arabian Nights is a remarkable tome that applies a similar lens to another infinitely influential piece of timeless storytelling, whose impact spans from the poetry of Goethe and Rilke to the contemporary fiction of Borges and Proust to the visuals and narratives of video games. Shahrazad tells her story to Shahryar, while her sister Dunyazad is listening.