Brussels Art Deco

Author : Cecile Dubois,Sophie Voituron
Publisher : Lannoo Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2390250580

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Brussels Art Deco by Cecile Dubois,Sophie Voituron Pdf

Art Deco, which essentially was an extension of the decorative Art Nouveau, developed in the Twenties, giving rise to the construction of a variety of buildings including the Centre for Fine Arts, private mansions, town houses and even the first apartment buildings. Drawing on multiple different sources of inspiration, the more geometric Art Deco became the epitome of luxury and refinement. This style conveyed the values of a middle class that celebrated its freedom after the unimaginable violence of the Great War. These were the Roaring Twenties, the jazz age, an era marked by a general loosening of morals and movement and speed, with the arrival of trans-Atlantic travel, cars and even the first airplanes.00At the same time, Modernists argued in favour of a more rational, pared down architecture, which allowed for greater freedom of style and which was more likely also to meet the pressing demand for more housing after the war.00This book discusses the personality of several key architects through a variety of architectural programmes, as well as giving an overview of an exciting era and offering readers some keys to identify the heritage that lines the streets of Brussels.0.

Author : Arnold Schwartzman
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780847866106

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Art Deco by Arnold Schwartzman Pdf

Arnold Schwartzman's stunning photographs of the finest examples of Art Deco from all over the world are collected here as a celebration of one of the world's most popular decorative styles. Art deco is the 20th century's most glamorous architectural style, and the one that shaped popular ideas of modern luxury. With over 200 photographs, this is a visual celebration of this very popular style. Unlike most other books on the subject that tend to be regionally specific, this book highlights Art Deco buildings from all over the world, from Australia to South America, with an emphasis on London, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Miami, and Paris. Art Deco features much careful and exacting detail, and of special interest in this book are photos that zoom in on murals, mosaics, flooring, ironwork, and other ornamental flourishes. Art Deco began in 1925 and quickly swept the globe becoming the style epitomizing Jazz Age glamor and sophistication. It drew from a variety of influences including ancient Egyptian, Moorish, and Mayan motifs but also modernist movements like Cubism, Fauvism, and De Stijl. Its influence was felt everywhere, from the skylines of New York to Shanghai, and it gained prominence not only with architects and designers but enjoyed a passionate following among the public as well.

Author : C. Dubois
Publisher : Lannoo Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 2390250459

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Brussels Art Nouveau: Walks in the Center by C. Dubois Pdf

- Nine walks to discover the multiple aspects of architectural Art Nouveau in Brussels - Including maps, places to visit, information about guided tours and notes - From Victor Horta, in an organic style to Paul Hankar, in a more geometrical tendency (Re)discover Art Nouveau at the heart of Brussels. At the end of the 19th century, the anti-academic movement pushed Brussels' architects towards Art Nouveau. Both Victor Horta, in an organic style, and Paul Hankar, in a more geometrical tendency, created an architecture that quickly gained an international reputation. In a little more than a decade, from 1893 on, hundreds of Art Nouveau-fashioned buildings appeared in Brussels, elaborated first by the great pioneers and later by their students and imitators who are also influenced by the Vienna Secession and other trends of European Art Nouveau. At first, this style fulfilled industrial bourgeoisie's dreams, yearning to assert itself in the city's structure through this new, and sometimes exuberant, architecture. This book offers nine walks to discover - in different districts - the multiple aspects of architectural Art Nouveau in Brussels. Witness the personal style of the most important architects as well as decorative methods such as sgraffito. Through interviews with owners, custodians and restorers of Art Nouveau-styled buildings, Brussels Art Nouveau describes the fundamental guardians of this remarkable heritage.

Author : Alec Forshaw
Publisher : Unicorn Publishing Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1910065471

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Brussels Art Nouveau by Alec Forshaw Pdf

Brussels can claim to be the Art Nouveau capital of Europe. This is the first comprehensive guide in English to individual buildings in eleven main areas of the city. For those wishing to devise their own tours and visits, there are specially-drawn maps and an index of architects and designers. A movement or design philosophy more than a precise style, Art Nouveau flourished c. 1893-1914, inspired by forms and patterns found in nature such as flowers and plants, clouds, waves, and even wisps of smoke. The influence of architects and designers rebelling against heavy Victorian conformity, spread from buildings and detailing to interior design, furniture, lighting, textiles and fittings; fine and decorative art including graphics, calligraphy, carved lettering and ceramics. The famous names are all here: Victor Horta, Paul Hankar and Henry Van de Velde; and their disciples, colleagues and successors,each with a short biography as a side note to the lavishly- illustrated text.

Author : David Dernie,Alastair Carew-Cox
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780500343234

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Victor Horta by David Dernie,Alastair Carew-Cox Pdf

An expertly written and exquisitely photographed study of the buildings of Victor Horta, a central figure of Art Nouveau whose work was fundamental to modernist architecture 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. Detailed descriptions of nineteen projects representing the full range of Horta’s work—including Edicule Lambeaux, Hôtel Autrique, Hôtel Max Hallet, and the Brugmann Hospital, are illustrated with Horta’s original drawings and specially commissioned photographs by award- winning photographer Alastair Carew-Cox. Extensive photographs of Hôtel Solvay—to which access had been denied for twenty years before Carew-Cox was granted special access, in recognition of his and David Dernie’s significant contribution to the study of Horta—are also included.

Author : Christine Bastin,Françoise Aubry,Jacques Evrard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2960039459

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Art Nouveau in Brussels by Christine Bastin,Françoise Aubry,Jacques Evrard Pdf

Author : Victor baron Horta,Reiner Lautwein
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture, Belgian
ISBN : UOM:39015045970509

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Horta. by Victor baron Horta,Reiner Lautwein Pdf

Comprehensive monograph on the influential Belgian architect and art nouveau pioneer, Victor Horta (1861-1947); includes facades, floor plans, interiors, floors, furniture and fixtures.

Author : Jos Vandenbreeden,France Vanlaethem
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture, Modern
ISBN : 9020927272

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Art Deco and Modernism in Belgium by Jos Vandenbreeden,France Vanlaethem Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Lannoo Uitgeverij
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9020949799

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Living in Brussels by Anonim Pdf

Author : Fiametta d'Aremberg Frescobaldi,Jean Pierre Gabriel
Publisher : Lannoo Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9020926535

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The Art of Living in Brussels by Fiametta d'Aremberg Frescobaldi,Jean Pierre Gabriel Pdf

An exclusive private itinerary leads the reader to the discovery of the refined style that characterises the places where life is lived in Brussels today. The Art of Living in Brussels reveals different facets of Belgium's capital and highlights the surprising mixture of classicism and contemporary style, of magnificence and minimalism that distinguish this cosmopolitan European city awarded UNESCO world heritage status owing to the stately architecture of Grande Place, heart of the metropolis. The city is renowned for its blend of gothic art, art nouveau and art deco, as well as for its medieval architecture, in a miscellany of different aesthetics where the splendid sixteenth and seventeenth century Flemish and Walloon mansions complement the delicate, almost mystic art nouveau style, whose extraordinary forerunner, Victor Horta, is a native son of Brussels. Author Fiametta d'Aremberg Frescobaldi offers a novel journey that takes the reader through some thirty homes designed by famous names and located in different areas of the city and its environs. Thus we are privy to the living quarters of passionate art collectors, seeing with our own eyes that the taste and personal history of those dwelling there is in perfect keeping with the distinguishing spirit of the capital: a passion for art. Shown for the first time ever, these exclusive places are captured in lovely pictures by photographer Jean Pierre Gabriel, who interprets them in a way that reflects their refined taste. Designers and artists featured include: Axel Vervoordt, Michael Borremans, Jan Fabre, Christine Bekaert, Anatoly Stolnikoff, Christophe Decarpentrie, Edouard Vermeulen, Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Adrien Blomme, Marc Corbiau and Bataille and Ibens. ILLUSTRATIONS: 250 colour

Author : Jacques-Grégoire Watelet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Decoration and ornament
ISBN : UCSD:31822003210911

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Serrurier-Bovy by Jacques-Grégoire Watelet Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004459984

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Brussels 1900 Vienna by Anonim Pdf

Brussels 1900 Vienna examines the complex cultural networks between Austria and Belgium (1880-1930), and situates these interrelations within a wider European context. The collection covers various fields, including literature, translation, music, theatre, visual arts, café culture, and architecture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Brussels (Belgium)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123873999

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Brussels by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carol Belanger Grafton
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-21
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780486799834

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Art Nouveau: The Essential Reference by Carol Belanger Grafton Pdf

Full-color and black-and-white works by virtually every key artist of the Art Nouveau movement, including Mucha, Seguy, Beardsley, and Verneuil. Includes material from rare books, portfolios, and major periodicals, plus bibliographies and artist biographies.

Author : Victor Arwas
Publisher : Papadakis Publisher
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Aesthetics, French
ISBN : 9781901092370

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Art Nouveau by Victor Arwas Pdf

Rarely has a subject been served by a book of this stature. Five years in the making, it covers all aspects of Art Nouveau in France in 624 authoritative pages and 740 illustrations. Arwas traces the evolution of the movement as it developed, primarily in Nancy and Paris, with the help of carefully chosen illustrations, many never published before. Ranging from the 1900 Paris exhibition to paintings, graphics and posters and such collecting fields as furniture, jewellery, ceramics, book bindings and sculpture, the informative, witty text ranges over architecture, haute couture, and the role of women in Art Nouveau with a particular look at such theatrical icons as Sarah Bernhardt, Loïe Fuller and the Grandes Horizontales. Destined to become the standard book on the subject, both content and design will appeal widely to the connoisseur, the specialist and the collector, as well as to the novice who will be introduced to the magical wonders of the style.