The Aurelian walls have marked the line of defense of Rome for 16 centuries, from their construction (270 to 275 AD), until September 20, 1870, when … [Read more...]
Fausto Melotti, Weightless Constructions (1960’s – 1980’s)
“A score of weightless ideograms like water insects that seem to whirl on a brass structure screened by gauze thread”. Italo Calvino, Gli Effimeri. … [Read more...]
Plans of Warfare: Figures from Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Art of War
Written between 1519 and 1520, Dell'arte della guerra (The Art of War) was the only historical-political essay published by Niccolò Machiavelli during … [Read more...]
Depicting Process through Forms: Works by Anton Stankowski (1906 – 1998)
German graphic designer and painter Anton Stankowski (1906 - 1998) worked on the possibility of describing actions and forces through abstract … [Read more...]
