Berlage drawings

Hendrik P. Berlage's designs are based on the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, meaning that the architect not only designs the building, but is also involved in the interior design, taking care of furniture, lighting or carpeting. In the following 18 drawings we can find parquet and lamp designs among other ornaments and decorative patterns. The geometrical scheme and evocation of nature in these drawings refer directly to the artforms and compositions as drawn by Haeckel in his book Kunstformen Der Natur.

Click on the link listed at the bottom of every image to go to their equivalent Haeckel's artwork. Please note that when they refer to a detail in Haeckel's print, the number of the specific organism is marked with '#'.

These 18 water colours by Dutch architect H.P. Berlage along with Haeckel's lithographies were part of the original exhibition at Mediamatic. For your information, they are not on display at our new exhibition at Nijmegen Radboud.