A certain emblem that many of us have seen a great deal over the past several days is a stylized interpretation of something in the vicinity of the event that the emblem represents. To what am I referring, by what was it inspired, and how is the inspiration being used today?

BOB501

I think you are refering to the Olympic Rings. According to most accounts, the rings were adopted by Baron Pierre de Coubertin (founder of the modern Olympic Movement) in 1913 after he saw a similar design on an artifact from ancient Greece. The five rings represent the five major regions of the world: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Every national flag in the world includes at least one of the five colors, which are (from left to right) blue, yellow, black, green, and red. The fact that the rings are joined means that we are all interconnected and have the same goals. Feb 19 06, 10:59 PM

lanfranco

Well, Bob, you're on the right track, but it is not the rings to which I'm referring. Think "something in the vicinity." Feb 20 06, 7:46 AM

robboy

I'd say you're referring to the design of the medals awarded, which are described as representing the piazza, a social gathering space of great importance to Italians. "The piazza is one of the great symbol images of Italy: a historical sign, a physical and social space that hosts and accompanies great events. In the piazza Italians celebrate triumphs but also dissolve the tension of the challenge. It is the place where passion lives. Round like the Olympic rings and like a symbolic ring of victory, the medal with its empty space at the centre, reveals also the area of the chest under which the heart and life beat. And just as the piazza comes to life only when people gather in it, so also the medals of Torino 2006 find their real meaning only when the athletes wear them." http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/news/news_ita150193.html Feb 20 06, 9:27 AM

lanfranco

You're getting warm, robboy, but you're not there yet. Take a close look at those medals on your site. Feb 20 06, 9:54 AM

JoshCaleb12

I am reasonably certain that the arrangement of sixteen stars forming a spire is a representation of the Mole Antonelliana, built in 1899, and was Europe's tallest building for many years... today it is the Museo Nazionale del Cinema, which, unless my language skills have gone bad, means it is either a museum related to movies or a movie theater. Now, if I could just find an ENGLISH website to support my theory... Feb 22 06, 7:44 AM

JoshCaleb12

Ah... here we go... Here's a website that shows a good close-up of the stylized representation that I'm talking about... and it connects that symbol to the Mole Antonelliana! *grin* http://laurencejarvikonline.blogspot.com/2006/02/torinos-mole-antonelliana.html Feb 22 06, 7:48 AM

lanfranco

Ottimo! (That means "great!") The Torino 2006 emblem was indeed inspired by the Mole, which is, in fact, the National Cinema Museum today. Although Torino is best-known as an industrial center, the Italian film industry began there, and it is the site of an important annual film festival. Here's a decent photograph of the spire: http://www.comune.torino.it/deutsch/musei/schede/ma1.htm Feb 22 06, 8:10 AM

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