In the preface of Johan Huizinga’s book “Homo Ludens”, the dutch historian supported the original thesis that “civilization arises and unfolds in and as playing”.
“It is not my object to define the place of play among all the other manifestations of culture, but rather to ascertain how far culture itself bears the character of play”
It is appropriate to use the term Homo Ludens along with Homo Sapiens and Homo Faber.
This short introduction gives the visitor guidelines to understand Adriano Guidi and his astonishing collection.