Design for a chapel using representations of human heads as decorative elements

People:

Paul Goesch (draughtsman)

Title:

Design for a chapel using representations of human heads as decorative elements

Date:

1918

Description:

- Sketch for the exterior of a chapel set in a landscape, including entrance portico, drum, and dome. Human heads are used as decorative motifs on the pediments and as capitals on the square posts, forming herms.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawing
illustration

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink on wove paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 20.9 x 16.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0030

Drawing Type:

line drawing
sketch

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet has a small grease ? stain at the u.l.

Inscription:

numbered - by the draughtsman, in purple pencil, verso, u.r.: "910" dated and signed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, verso, u.l.: "Herbst [autumn] 1918"; and l.l.: "G" inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, verso, l.l.: "Studie zu einer Capelle"; and l.r.: "Goesch"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

chapel
fantastic architecture
Expressionism
herms

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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