Studier af cirkulære ornamenter. Skitser af figurer og romansk søjlekapitæl 1906

This page of sketches was made by Niels Larsen Stevns, probably in a notebook, and it’s all about circles and architectural details. The marks are tentative, exploratory – you can see the artist thinking through the forms, layering lines to find the shapes he’s after. There's a real sense of process here. The circles have this underlying geometry, like he’s figuring out how to build these ornate forms from basic shapes. I’m drawn to the column sketch at the bottom, how the lines thicken to suggest shadow and depth. It's like the artist is building a world with simple strokes, trying to capture the essence of these structures. It reminds me a bit of the way Giorgio Morandi would study simple bottles and jars, trying to distill their form to its purest essence. This piece is about looking, thinking, and the ongoing conversation between artists across time. It's a reminder that art isn't about answers, but about the questions we ask and the ways we see.