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A Beautiful and Intelligent Book, June 13, 2010
This review is from: Horta: Art Nouveau to Modernism (Hardcover)
"This is the only comprehensive monograph on the influential Belgian architect and Art Nouveau pioneer Victor Horta."
"Using original drawings, archival images, and specially-commissioned color photography, it illustrates Horta's originality and his stylistic evolution from Art Nouveau to his own interpretations of Art Deco and modern architecture."
A quality book from the Ludion Press in Ghent: oversized hardback with heavy dustjacket, cloth over boards with a sewn binding, 231 pp, color and b&w illustrations throughout. Chronology, Bibliography, Index.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
"The Birth of Pleinairism from the Spirit of the Interior" Walter Benjamin on Art Nouveau
Early Architectural Designs of Horta
Floor Plans and Spatial Structure
Reason, Feeling, and Logic
Houses Tassel, Van Eetvelde and Horta
Painting and Sculpture in Horta's Architecture
Victor Horta's Clients
The Construction of the Palais des Beaux-Arts
The Brugmann University Hospital
The Palais des Beaux-Arts: Toward and Urban Architecture
The Building History of the Palais des Beaux-Arts
Kindergarten, Brussells -- Musee des Beaux-Arts, Torunai
Art Nouveau to Art Deco
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