Plan of St. Gall (Axonometric Drawing, A Reconstruction by Walter Horn and Ernest Born)
Artist
Ernest Alexander Born
(American, 1898 - 1992)
Date1965
MediumPen on board
DimensionsSheet: 40 × 30 1/8 in. (101.6 × 76.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Beatrice and Thomas Roberts
CultureAmerican
MarkingsStrathmore paper mark lower right corner
InscribedFigure number: [fig. 165]
Page number: [pg. 205]
PortfolioThe Plan of St. Gall, Vol. I
Object numberPC2018.26.13
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionIn aligning altars and altar screens with every second nave column, Born projected the modular order of the Church into the layout of its liturgical furnishings in a top-view axonometric. The interior is distributed into a multitude of isolated devotional sections, leaving only a small and limited space for the worshipper to move through the length of the Church. The emergence in Carolingian architecture in the ordering of space is recognizable: a striking parallel in the appearance in Hiberno-Saxon and Carolingian book of illumination of an ornamental layout where the whole book is divided internally into clearly recognizable parts and sub-parts.This record has been reviewed by University Galleries staff but may be incomplete or contain errors. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For any inquiries about the information listed, please email galleries@sandiego.edu.
2009
2012
