A group of sculptors studied vertical lines at the Goetheanum in order to come closer to the forms of the first Goetheanum’s small cupola.
Intensive studies of the forms of the upper horizontal line, the architraves in other words (Anthroposophy Worldwide 5/2022), were followed, from 30 September to 2 October 2022, by in-depth work on vertical lines. We sculpted the first column, its capital, the throne at the foot and the segment of the architrave above, trying also to include the cupola painting above the column in our observations.
For the sculptors, these weekends are research into the forms that were lost in the fire. By working on a model, we try to experience the language of the forms and their movement or flow. As we work, we share our thoughts and insights. For instance the gravity of the throne at the foot of the column, the depth of the seat and how it is integrated in the surroundings with its protective roof and surfaces point to a still entirely spiritual quality. The impression of a spiritual stream flowing to the throne from above is evoked by the extremely slender and tall column in conjunction with the form of the architrave above. It appears like a drop falling down from a broad base. At the end of the sculptors’ meeting a complete colour image of the first column stood before my soul and had to be caught immediately in a sketch so that it would not disappear again.
‘When the soul begins to experience what lives in the forms of the building, the immediate forms will vanish from the soul and what lives in the forms, the language of the forms will reveal the path of the soul into the expansive spheres of the spirit,’ Rudolf Steiner said in his lecture of 10 October 1914 (GA 287). More ...
Intensive studies of the forms of the upper horizontal line, the architraves in other words (Anthroposophy Worldwide 5/2022), were followed, from 30 September to 2 October 2022, by in-depth work on vertical lines. We sculpted the first column, its capital, the throne at the foot and the segment of the architrave above, trying also to include the cupola painting above the column in our observations.
For the sculptors, these weekends are research into the forms that were lost in the fire. By working on a model, we try to experience the language of the forms and their movement or flow. As we work, we share our thoughts and insights. For instance the gravity of the throne at the foot of the column, the depth of the seat and how it is integrated in the surroundings with its protective roof and surfaces point to a still entirely spiritual quality. The impression of a spiritual stream flowing to the throne from above is evoked by the extremely slender and tall column in conjunction with the form of the architrave above. It appears like a drop falling down from a broad base. At the end of the sculptors’ meeting a complete colour image of the first column stood before my soul and had to be caught immediately in a sketch so that it would not disappear again.
‘When the soul begins to experience what lives in the forms of the building, the immediate forms will vanish from the soul and what lives in the forms, the language of the forms will reveal the path of the soul into the expansive spheres of the spirit,’ Rudolf Steiner said in his lecture of 10 October 1914 (GA 287). More ...
