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Genre/Form: | collective biographies Biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography |
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Named Person: | Victor Horta, baron; Victor Horta; Victor Horta, baron |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Dernie; Alastair Carew-Cox |
ISBN: | 9780500343234 0500343233 |
OCLC Number: | 1026388288 |
Notes: | Originally published in the UK in 1995 by Academy Editions, an imprint of John Wiley & Sons. Edition statement from colophon. |
Description: | 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm |
Contents: | 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 -- Édicule Lambeaux : Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels (1889-97) -- Hôtel Autrique : 226 Chaussee de Haecht, Brussels (1893-95) -- Hôtel Tassel : 6 Rue Paul-Emile Janson, Brussels (1893-94) -- Hôtel Frison : 37 Rue Lebeau, Brussels (1894-95) -- Hôtel Winssinger : 66 Rue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies, Brussels (1894-97) -- Hôtel Solvay : 224 Avenue Louise, Brussels (1894-1903) -- Hôtel Van Eetvelde : 4 Avenue Palmerston, Brussels (1895-1901) -- Jardin D'Enfants : 40 Rue Saint-Ghislain, Brussels (1895-99) -- Maison Du Peuple : Place Émile Vandervelde, Brussels (1895-99; demolished 1965) -- Maison and Atelier Horta : 23-25 Rue Américaine, Brussels (1898-1901) -- Villa Carpentier : Chaussée 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) -- Hôtel 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. |
Other Titles: | Horta, the architect of art nouveau |
Responsibility: | David Dernie, Alastair Carew-Cox ; [photographs by photographer Alastair Carew-Cox]. |
Abstract:
An expertly written and exquisitely photographed study of the buildings of Victor Horta, a figure of central significance to Art Nouveau and to the origins of modernism in architecture and interior design.
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