Astronomie Astrologie DF

Histoires De Carres > Spring - Summer 2021

It was in Mesopotamia that the first calendar was born, around the third millennium BC, followed by the signs of the zodiac. They segmented the sky into twelve sequences that the sun takes a year to cover. Linked to the lunar cycle and certain planets in the galaxy, they inspired many beliefs and shaped our measurement of time. Here, Gianpaolo Pagni adds stamped motifs to an emblematic scarf designed in 1963 by Francoise Faconnet, inspired by a Renaissance-era astrological table conserved at the Musee de l'Observatoire in Paris. The Italian illustrator's geometric prints overlap with complex symbols, which only the enlightened can decipher.