The Circle.
“God is a circle whose center is everywhere but whose circumference is nowhere.”
The circle is associated with perfection, cyclicality, and divine superiority, but also with instability and motion.
In nature, soap bubbles are spherical and tree growth rings are circular; legend has it that Giotto’s “O” was a perfect circle, while perfection is tangible in Michelangelo’s Tondo Doni and Botticelli’s Virgin and Child.
King Arthur’s knights gathered around a round table to symbolize their equality; likewise, today we gather in a circle to make decisions or watch a performance.
In this extraordinary little encyclopedia, Bruno Munari collects and describes dozens of ways this fascinating and mysterious shape—at once unstable and hieratic—has been used throughout the centuries.
"The Circle", along with "The Square" and "The Triangle", is part of a special trilogy dedicated to these shapes, their history, and their meanings and uses.
AUTHOR: Bruno Munari
LANGUAGE: Italian
88 pages
PUBLISHER: Corraini
€15,00
