Umfang:
239 Seiten
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30 cm
Ausgabe:
New, fully revised and updated edition
ISBN:
9780500343234
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0500343233
Inhalt:
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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Anmerkung:
Originally published in the UK in 1995 by Academy Editions, an imprint of John Wiley & Sons
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Technik
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Kunstgeschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Horta, Victor 1861-1947
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Horta, Victor 1861-1947
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Bildband
Mehr zum Autor:
Horta, Victor 1861-1947
Mehr zum Autor:
Dernie, David 1962-
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