Even the landmark of the Arteplage Murten-Morat radiated an astonishing serenity considering its size. It lay outside in the lake as if there was nothing wrong with having such a structure floating out of a concrete platform. The massive fortresses of the Middle Ages seemed just as tangibly present as Arnold Böcklin's painting Toteninsel (Isle of the Dead), one of Nouvel's sources of inspiration.

Arteplage
Murten-Morat

Painting
Toteninsel (Isle of the Dead)
Original version 1880
Oil on canvas
155 x 111 cm 

Artist
Arnold Böcklin

^{Photos: © Ateliers Jean Nouvel}