Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, Interior perspective
Tadao Ando
Japanese, born 1941
1989
A color-pencil (blue and black) interior perspective by Tadao Ando, this quick sketch of Church of the Light attempts to capture how a cruciform opening carves daylight into a spare concrete sanctuary.
The eye is drawn to a rough square grid pierced by bold diagonal strokes that form a luminous cross above a compact, vibrating block of blue, suggesting light slicing down onto a congregation beneath.
The drawing distills Ando’s signature use of void, light, and raw geometry, articulating a minimalist approach to sacred space that influenced late‑20th‑century architecture’s treatment of light as structural element.
Medium
Color pencil (blue and black) on note paper
Dimensions
10 1/8 x 7 1/8" (25.7 x 18.1 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the architect in honor of Philip Johnson
Accession
347.1996
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