OBS-ART-056
Jan Schoonhoven — Reliefs
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Relief as Grid
OBS-ART-056
Structural Atmospheres
Atlas Index:
OBS-ART-056
Origin:
Netherlands
Era:
1960s–1980s
Themes / Lineage:
grid field • light boundary
Field Notes:
paper • relief • boundary
Quiet Modernism appears here as depth organized through grid structure.

Relief as Grid

Jan Schoonhoven — Reliefs

Raised elements follow a fixed order.

Depth is regulated.

Structure holds.

How does depth regulate?
Relief often introduces variation, yet order constrains it. Raised elements align within a grid. What continues is depth disciplined by system.

Relief often introduces variation, yet order constrains it.

Raised elements align within a grid.

What continues is depth disciplined by system.

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Jan Schoonhoven
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