Brussels Art Nouveau : architecture & design / Alec Forshaw ; photography by Alan Ainsworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forshaw, Alec, 1951- author.

Contributor:

Ainsworth, Alan (Photographer), photographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art nouveau (Architecture)--Belgium--Brussels.

Art nouveau (Architecture).

Architecture--Belgium--Brussels--History.

Architecture.

History.

Belgium--Brussels.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

224 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Norwich : Unicorn Press, 2016.

Summary:

Brussels can claim to be the Art Nouveau capital of Europe. This is the first comprehensive guide in English to individual buildings in eleven main areas of the city. For those wishing to devise their own tours and visits, there are specially-drawn maps and an index of architects and designers. A movement or design philosophy more than a precise style, Art Nouveau flourished c. 1893-1914, inspired by forms and patterns found in nature such as flowers and plants, clouds, waves, and even wisps of smoke. The influence of architects and designers rebelling against heavy Victorian conformity, spread from buildings and detailing to interior design, furniture, lighting, textiles and fittings; fine and decorative art including graphics, calligraphy, carved lettering and ceramics. The famous names are all here: Victor Horta, Paul Hankar and Henry Van de Velde; and their disciples, colleagues and successors,each with a short biography as a side note to the lavishly- illustrated text.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Area 1 Centre North

Area 2 Centre South

Area 3 Around Square Ambiorix

Area 4 Schaerbeek

Area 5 East Brussels

Area 6 Ixelles North

Area 7 Ixelles South

Area 8 Between Avenue Louise and Chaussee de Charleroi

Area 9 Saint Gilles

Area 10 Avenue Brugmann and Forest

Area 11 South-east of the Horta Museum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 223) and index.

ISBN:

9781910065471

1910065471

OCLC:

960897345