Victor Horta
Subtitle: the architect of art nouveau
By: David Dernie, Alastair Carew-Cox
Contributors: Carew-Cox, Alastair, photographer
Edition: New, fully revised and updated edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780500343234
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Art nouveau (Architecture); Criticism and interpretation; Architects; Biography
Other titles: Architect of art nouveau
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.