The Minotaurus labyrinth is a beautiful fluid shape. But the first labyrinth that I used in my Art and Geometry series was the Chartres Labyrinth. We were driving through France in 2006 and I had not looked at the map so was surprised when I suddenly saw the unmistakable silhouette of Chartres cathedral (you know, the one with one tower shorter than the other.) Well I was so excited because having come from from South Africa and studied this in History of Art it went from theory to reality in a … [Read more...]