An American Requiem

Universal Geometry

Universal Geometry
A 17th-century Dutch winter scene beside a modern photograph of skaters — the same composition, centuries apart.

There is a phenomenon that stretches back to the Greeks: the belief that there is a universal geometry, which Muslims express visually through Tawhid. They believe that, since creation, there are fundamental shapes and ways of organizing space that exist in all things.

I have only recently come across the work of Francis Bacon. For the last year I have been searching for his work whenever I am at a library or museum.