Drawing for the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Axonometric Color Study for Entrance Hall c. 20th century

Editor: Here we have James Stirling's "Drawing for the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Axonometric Color Study for Entrance Hall," a study in colored inks. There's something so sparse and diagrammatic about it, yet those pops of color give it a pulse. How do you interpret this work? Curator: Well, it’s like peeking into Stirling's mind! The axonometric projection—that parallel lines thing—lets us see the space without perspective tricks. It's functional, almost scientific. But then he splashes in that pink grid and a soft blue. Is he softening the Brutalism? Making it more… human? What do you think? Editor: I see what you mean about humanizing it. The colors definitely add a layer of emotion to the technical drawing. It's like he's inviting us in. Curator: Exactly! And that little wink of humanity makes all the difference, doesn't it? It transforms a blueprint into something almost poetic.