Tapijtontwerp voor ramen in het Noordertransept in de Dom te Utrecht

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst designed this carpet for the windows in the North transept of the Dom Church in Utrecht. The drawing employs a formal arrangement of verticality and repetition. Vertical black bars segment the image into four columns, creating a stark rhythm. Within each of these vertical segments, the artist repeats a pattern of linear abstraction. The ochre background is overlaid with what appears to be a series of interlocking geometric forms outlined in black. These forms seem to mimic the look of stained glass, with leading separating the panes. Roland Holst has used a structured, almost mathematical approach to design. The effect is one of complex harmony, where the interplay between light and dark, and geometric and organic, offers a fascinating visual dynamic. Its semiotic representation draws from a shared cultural vocabulary of the church, the divine and geometric abstraction.