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Victor Horta : the architect of art nouveau
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In the decade following the success of his design for the Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1893, Victor Horta, the creator of Art Nouveau architecture, produced more than forty buildings--and a movement...
In the decade following the success of his design for the Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1893, Victor Horta, the creator of Art Nouveau architecture, produced more than forty buildings--and a movement. Prepared in close collaboration with the Horta Museum, Brussels, 'Victor Horta: The Architect of Art Nouveau' discusses the many influences on Horta's designs and his legacy. The richly ornamental style of Art Nouveau, characterized by fluid lines based on natural forms, expressed a desire to abandon the historical styles of the nineteenth century and to develop a language that was beautifully crafted and thoroughly contemporary, laying the foundations for the development of modernism in architecture and interior design.
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- David Dernie, Alastair Carew-Cox ; [photographs by photographer Alastair Carew-Cox]
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- English
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- [New, fully revised and updated edition]
- London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2018
- ©2018
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- 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780500343234, 0500343233
- OCLC
- on1026388288
- Originally published in the UK in 1995 by Academy Editions, an imprint of John Wiley & Sons.
- Edition statement from colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- THEMES FROM THE WORK OF VICTOR HORTA -- 1. Brussels: The Styles Of A New Capital -- 2. Paris Dawn -- 3. Belgian Avant-Garde: Les Xx And The Fin De Siecle -- 4. Quest For Originality -- 5. Dream Rooms: Nostalgia And Light -- 6. Power Of Material -- 7. Endless Line: Projected Space -- BUILDINGS 1889 -- 1923 -- Edicule Lambeaux Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels (1889 -- 97) -- Hotel Autrique 226 Chaussee de Haecht, Brussels (1893 -- 95) -- Hotel Tassel 6 Rue Paul-Emile Janson, Brussels (1893 -- 94) -- Hotel Frison 37 Rue Lebeau, Brussels (1894 -- 95) -- Hotel Winssinger 66 Rue de l'Hotel des Monnaies, Brussels (1894 -- 97) -- Hotel Solvay 224 Avenue Louise, Brussels (1894 -- 1903) -- Hotel Van Eetvelde 4 Avenue Palmerston, Brussels (1895 -- 1901) -- Jardin D'Enfants 40 Rue Saint-Ghislain, Brussels (1895 -- 99) -- Maison Du Peuple Place Emile Vandervelde, Brussels (1895 -- 99; demolished 1965) -- Maison and Atelier Horta 23 -- 25 Rue Americaine, Brussels (1898 -- 1901) -- Villa Carpentier Chaussee de Tournai, Renaix (1899) -- Villa Frison 70 Avenue Circulaire, Uccle (1899 -- 1900) -- Maison and Atelier Braecke 31 Rue de l'Abdication, Brussels (1901 -- 06) -- Maison and Atelier Dubois 80 Avenue Brugmann, Brussels (1901 -- 06) -- Hotel Max Hallet 346 Avenue Louise, Brussels (1902 -- 05) -- Waucquez Store 20 Rue des Sables, Brussels (1903 -- 06) -- Villa Dubois Rue de Maradret, Sosoye (1905) -- Wolfers Store 11 -- 13 Rue d'Arenberg, Brussels (1909 -- 12) -- Brugmann Hospital Place Van Gehuchten, Brussels (1906 -- 23) -- Horta's Buildings in Brussels -- Chronology