The Foundations of Geometric Thought In the heart of Montevideo, amidst the burgeoning modernist currents of the mid-20th century, Miguel Ángel Battegazzore began a journey that would redefine the boundaries of Uruguayan abstraction. Emerging from the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, he breathed the same intellectual air as the masters of Constructive Universalism, finding profound inspiration in the structural legacies of Joaquín Torres García. Under the mentorship of figures like Miguel Ágel Pareja, Battegazzore did not merely learn to paint; he learned to decode the fundamenta…