In the decade following the success of his design for the hotel tassel in brussels in 1893, victor horta, the creator of art nouveau architecture. Using original drawings, archival images, and specially commissioned new photography, it illustrates hortas amazing versatility and stylistic evolution from art nouveau to his own interpretations of modern architecture and art deco. Detailed descriptions of 19 projects, including edicule lambeaux, hotel autrique, hotel max. The architect of art nouveau discusses the many influences on hortas designs and his legacy. Modernism, spanning the first half of the twentieth century, was the era of james joyce, virginia woolf, gertrude stein, william faulkner, and other. In the decade following the success of his design for the hotel tassel in brussels in 1893, victor horta, the creator of art nouveau architecture, produced more than forty buildingsand a movement. It was a deliberate attempt to create a new style, free of the imitative. His hotel tassel in brussels built in 18921893, is often considered the first art nouveau house, and, along with three of his other early houses, is. Emerging from the decorative arts tradition and, in some ways, anticipating the coming onslaught of modernism, hortas art nouveau buildings were. Victor horta was one of the leading architect and designer of art nouveau and his style inspired many modernist artists all over europe.
Art nouveau, though a significant art movement in the development of current modern styles, fell out of favor, and many beautiful buildings were destroyed in the mid20th century. Art nouveau to modernism by victor horta 19970401 victor horta. He first trained as a painter in antwerp, belgium, and later studied architecture and applied arts. Following the design of the hotel tassel, brussels, in 1893, horta produced more than 40 buildings during the following decade. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. In the horta museum are the documentation centre containing the personal file of victor horta, deposited by jean and renee delhaye foundation, a library of drawings of the architects work, as well as a library with specialized books on style works art nouveau. The in the decade following the success of his design for the hotel tassel in brussels in 1893, victor horta, the creator of art nouveau architecture, produced more than. Included in this book are extensive photographs of hotel solvay, one of hortas most important.
Again, this is the way art nouveau designers worked creating a uniformity in the interior. Jugendstil in german, stile liberty in italian, modernisme in catalan, etc. Horta has an important but complex architectural legacy. Belgium palais des beauxarts brussels and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Industrial production was, at that point, widespread, and yet the decorative arts were increasingly dominated by poorlymade objects imitating earlier periods. Jan 25, 2014 art nouveau and jugendstil are two general terms that can be used to refer to the art movement. Art nouveau to modernism victor horta, francoise dierkensaubry, jos. Art nouveau, art of darkness 9 this article is the first of a twopart study. Born in ghent in 1861, horta first studied architecture at the academie des beauxarts and the royal athenaeum in ghent. In austria, art nouveau was represented by the artistic movements secession and wiener werkstatte.
Reiner lautwein by 18611947 horta victor, baron 1 jan 1997 hardcover. Hortas inventiveness with art nouveau helped to make it something of a national style in belgium. Art nouveau to modernism by francoise aubry editor, jos vandenbreeden editor, reiner lautwein photographer online at alibris uk. For decades critics have argued that art nouveau was not an artistic period in its own right, but an amalgam of artists and styles that served as a bridge between neoclassicism and modernism.
Prepared in close collaboration with the horta museum, brussels, victor horta. Using original drawings, archival images, and specially commissioned new color photography, it illustrates hortas versatility and his stylistic evolution from art nouveau to his own interpretations of modern architecture and art deco. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. Horta art nouveau to modernism by horta, victor edited by jos vandenbreeden and francoise aubry and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Varying from day to day, this walk may then veer in any number of directions, depending on the interests of the group and guide. Victor horta 18611947 belgian art nouveau architect, decorator and designer. Victor horta by david dernie, alastair carewcox waterstones.
The belgian architect and art nouveau pioneer, victor horta 18611947, envisaged architecture as a allembracing art form, and his designs incorporate not only facades and floor plans, but also interiors, furniture, floors and fixtures. Stanleys book on the new congo free state ruled by king leopold included a final. First published on the occasion of the exhibition horta, palais des beauxarts, brussels, 4 october 19965 january 1997title page verso. After a brief time in france, horta returned to belgium and lived in brussels while he finished his studies, and began to perfect his avantgarde style. Jun 28, 2018 emerging from the decorative arts tradition and, in some ways, anticipating the coming onslaught of modernism, hortas art nouveau buildings were erected during a fleeting decade. Using original drawings, archival images, and speciallycommissioned color photography, it illustrates horta s originality and his stylistic evolution from art nouveau to his own interpretations of art deco and modern architecture. Victor horta 18611947 is well known as the creator of art nouveau architecture. Art nouveau is an international art movement and style based on organic forms. We consider the styles wider artistic, economic, and political circumstances, as well as its particular flavor in such hubs as vienna, glasgow, munich. This is the only comprehensive monograph on the influential belgian architect and art nouveau pioneer victor horta. The desire to abandon the historical styles of the 19 th century was an important impetus behind art nouveau and one that establishes the movements modernism. This fresh taschen edition considers art nouveau as a broad historical phenomenon with distinct local features.
The horta museum saintgilles unveils a new exhibition devoted to ornament. Art nouveau is characterized by its use of a long, sinuous, organic line and was employed most often in architecture, interior design, jewelry and glass design, posters, and illustration. This was a common trait in art nouveau making structural features appear ornamental. Horta s inventiveness with art nouveau helped to make it something of a national style in belgium by 1900 before its swift demise in advance of world war i. Art nouveau, like modernism, had its distinctive visual language, a language that could be applied to all things, from the pages of books illustrated by aubrey beardsley to the cigarette case designed by faberge for russian royalty to the apartment building in barcelona but by antonio gaudi. Art nouveau was a bit of a blind spot in my own education, i now realize. The secession, which eventually resulted in the wiener werkstatte, was a group of artist in vienna between 1897 and 1914 that were inspired by the. It will appeal to anyone interested in art nouveau, one of the great aesthetic movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and one that laid the foundations for the development of modernism in architecture and interior design.
Oct 26, 2018 art nouveau, like modernism, had its distinctive visual language, a language that could be applied to all things, from the pages of books illustrated by aubrey beardsley to the cigarette case designed by faberge for russian royalty to the apartment building in barcelona but by antonio gaudi. This is the only comprehensive monograph on the influential belgian architect and art nouveau pioneer victor horta 18611947. Ive treated sullivan and gaudi as related but in categories of their own. Art nouveau to modernism by francoise aubry editor. In the last two decades, the artists and objects associated with art nouveau art and architecture in europe have become the subjects of a varied and multifaceted scholarship. Horta is famous for his pioneering work in art nouveau and the translation of the style from the decorative arts into architecture in the early 1890s. Art nouveau to modernism by francoise aubry, hardcover. The work of victor horta, art nouveaus esteemed architect.
Belgian architect and teacher who ranks with his compatriot victor horta as an originator of the art nouveau style, characterized by long sinuous lines derived from naturalistic forms info source. This richly illustrated overview explores the contexts and provocations of this vivid turnofthecentury style, in which. Jun 18, 2017 art nouveau was a bit of a blind spot in my own education, i now realize. Outstanding proponents such as victor horta, antoni. As david dernie and alastair carew cox write in their book on horta, the style. Horta has echoed the curves in the balustrading with the curved stairs, tiled mosaic floor and the painted wall designs. The 10 best modernist books in english publishers weekly. Generating enthusiasts in the decorative and graphic arts and architecture throughout europe and beyond, art nouveau appeared in a wide variety of strands, and, consequently, it is known by various names, such as the glasgow style, or, in the germanspeaking world, jugendstil. Influenced by the theories of william morris and the english arts. The philosophy of art nouveau art history unstuffed. It was seen in art, graphic design, architecture and applied arts such as decoration, jewellery, ceramics and glass.
In barcelonacatalonia, so ive learned, their term for art nouveau is modernisme. The architect of art nouveau has been prepared in collaboration with the horta museum, brussels, ensuring that it is both accurate and up to date. In this comprehensive, authoritative and copiously illustrated book, art historian norbert wolf explores art nouveau as a logical outgrowth of the. From the 1880s until the mid1910s, art nouveau was the dominant style in art, architecture, and design in europe, with innovative and thoroughly modern. Entitled the art nouveau ornament, it presents a selection whose objective is. Art nouveau, ornamental style of art that flourished between about 1890 and 1910 throughout europe and the united states. Emerging from the decorative arts tradition and, in some ways, anticipating the coming onslaught of modernism, hortas art nouveau buildings were erected during a fleeting decade. Using original drawings, archival images, and speciallycommissioned color photography, it illustrates hortas originality and his stylistic evolution from art nouveau to his own interpretations of art deco and modern architecture.