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This is the only comprehensive monograph on the influential Belgian architect and Art Nouveau pioneer Victor Horta (1861-1947). Using original drawings, archival images, and specially commissioned new photography, it illustrates Horta's amazing versatility and stylistic evolution from Art Nouveau to his own interpretations of Modern architecture and Art Deco.
Horta envisioned architecture as an all-embracing art form, and his designs incorporate not only facades and floor plans but also interiors, furniture, floors, and fixtures. Beginning in 1893 he built a series of revolutionary designs including the Tassel House in Brussels, generally considered the first significant expression of Art Nouveau in architecture. In the 1920s he conceived an exuberant version of Art Deco for the Palais des Beaux-Arts, also in Brussels, where the exhibition that this book accompanies opened in October 1996.
Essays by a team of scholars explore Horta's work, his formal language and concept of space, the role of his clients and his place in the development of European architecture
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-229) and index.