Henry was a
Belgian architect and interior designer, Alongside Paul Hanker and Victor Horta
these well-known names can be represented as the founders of Art Nouveau in
Belgium. In terms of Henry career he spent most of his time Germany and being
able to influence German architecture.
As one may
already know Brussels is the main attraction in terms of the Art Nouveau Architectural
elements, Victor Horta is known that he had built the first existing Art
Nouveau building (Hotel Tassel)
‘At the time
Belgian’s industry was growing in a rapid pace due to the richness of the
ground coal’, Half of the people living within this city were speaking French
the name ‘Art Nouveau’ was created in Belgium. Designers and artist developed
their skill set in this era’, Major artists such as Henry Van de Velde, Paul
Hanker and Victor Horta were the pioneers of developing this beautiful
luxurious style in Belgium. In art Nouveau there are certain classes and
architectural trends on should keep in mind as a guide to success, ‘Curve Art
Nouveau’ was led by the famous Horta and ‘Geometrical Art Nouveau’ was led by
Hanker.
Example of the Curve by Horta: Tassel House (image shown above),
Saint Cyr’s House
Examples of Geometrical Hanker: Personal House
Van de Velde could be classified in both fields
with producing furniture work shown a balance between geometry and elegant
curves.
Certain
features and characteristics in this period were important in developing this
style, certain things such as exchanging and getting influenced by
architectural elements in various countries, both Vienna and Scotland were a
major inspiration in this movement. The 3 designers also helped influence this
style due to their travelling into different places such as Van de Velde going
to Germany and the Nederland’s and foreign designers such as Josef Hofmann in
Vienna.
This city
holds a lot of architectural beauty from the Art Nouveau movement, this city is
developed so much in this style due to the 3 designers mentioned above and
inspiring sources such as Vienna and Scotland.
Art deco vs Art Nouveau: From the collected information now I
am going to compare and contrast 2 Major movements in our history in brief.
Art Deco is
a movement which was being developed and emerged as a reaction to major history
events such as the WWI and Industrial revolution, Art Nouveau was merged in the
middle of the 19th century (at this time it was still premature) the
peak of this movement was somewhere in between the 1870’s to 1910. Art Nouveau
is a decorative and elegant movement which features some of the most
beautifully crafted architecture and products. In terms of Art Deco it is based
on streamlining and sleek design, showing a lot of curves long Horizontal lines
and nautical elements. The same style (streamlining) was a connected movement
that developed within the German Werkbund.
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