Ontwerp voor een sieraad 1874 - 1932

Mathieu Lauweriks designed this jewel without a date. Lauweriks was a Dutch architect, designer, and theoretician, notable for his contributions to geometric abstraction in art and architecture. This drawing embodies a moment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when artists and designers were looking to develop a new visual language, one that often drew from nature but abstracted and stylized it. It represents a desire to find order and harmony in a rapidly changing world through geometric principles. The grid becomes more than a backdrop; it's a foundational element that speaks to the broader modernist project of rationalizing and ordering the visual world. Consider the cultural context; a time when the decorative arts were being re-evaluated and elevated, and how design could reflect deeper spiritual or philosophical truths. Notice how the jewel is not just an object of beauty but a symbol of a larger aesthetic and intellectual movement. The personal and the universal intertwine, reflecting a search for meaning in the modern age.