RP- Object Analysis

I chose this plant to be my representative of Victor Horta. He once said “from the plant I take the stem” and this plant seems to never endingly reproduce more stems. It had radial symmetry that I loved because I felt that it represented him in the way that he loved curved lines and a circular room tends to draw the eye to the center, just as these stems draw your eye outward and then inward again towards the main branch. Some of the stems are slightly curved, while others remain straight and this randomness is a wonderful example of the asymmetrical qualities that one would find in nearly all natural designs and the diagonal stretch upward on all stems creates unity. The verticality of the stem also represents his work because he loved high ceilings that drew the eye upward and then capped with branching out curving lines, which is in this case, the leaves.
I loved the cross cutting of the stem because you could see where the leaf was attached. When looking closely I could see a dark matter that seemed to carry on from the leaf into the center of the stem and this represented to me his love for incorporating what was outside with inside architecture. In Victor’s you often see the organic lines of nature incorporated into stairways, wall décor, as well as on tile placements and the fact that the leaf was drawn into the inside of the plant by this dark matter really appealed to me.
I believe I grew a lot from this. Not only did the drawing practice help with rendering the shadows and values, but it was very enlightening to be able to take an object found in nature that one wouldn’t necessarily link with an architect, but then dissect it and realize that it is a beautiful representation of their work.