Hidden Cities - Frontispiece
by Paul HAIGH
Title
Hidden Cities - Frontispiece
Artist
Paul HAIGH
Medium
Drawing - Pen, Ink, Watercolor On Fabriano Paper
Description
Hidden Cities - Frontispiece
Date : 1993
Materials : Pen, Ink, Watercolor on Fabriano Paper
Dimensions : 9.625" in. x 13.00" in (244m x 330mm)
Hidden Cities - Frontispiece
…Kublai was a keen chess player; following Marco's movements, he observed that certain pieces implied or excluded the vicinity of other pieces and were shifted along certain lines. Ignoring the objects' variety of form, he could grasp the system of arranging one with respect to the others on the majolica floor. He thought: "If each city is like a game of chess, the day when I have learned the rules, I shall finally possess my empire, even if I shall never succeed in knowing all the cities it contains."
'Le citta invisibili' Invisible Cities quoted text is translated from the Italian, by William Weaver, in the English translation copyright © 1974 by Harcourt Brace & Company.
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