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Art Nouveau

Architecture1890 - 1910

ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERInspired by natural forms and structures not onlyin flowers and plants, but also in curve lines

NOTABLE ARCHITECTSEmile Andre Eliel SaarinenPeter Behrens Louis Sullivan

Ferdinand Boberg Henry Van de Velde

Wilhelm Bockslaff Otto Wagner

Eugene Gaillard Eugene Gasset

Antoni Gaudi Konstantin Somov

Vladislav Gorodetsky Margaret MacDonaldHector Guimard Victor Horta

Charles Mackintosh Josef Hoffmann





SINGER HOUSE1904, Pavel Suzor

It is also widely known as the Houseof Books is a building located at the

intersection of Nevsky Prospekt and

the Griboyedov Canal, directly

opposite the Kazan Cathedral in SaintPetersburg, Russia. It is recognized

as a historical landmark





CASA BATLLO1877, Gaudi

Casa Batlló is a renowned building

located in the center of Barcelona and

is one of Antoni Gaudí’s masterpieces.The local name for the building is Casadels ossos (House of Bones), as it has

a visceral, skeletal organic quality.



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CASA MILA1906, Gaudi

Casa Milà popularly known as La

Pedrera meaning the 'The Quarry', is

a modernist building in Barcelona,

Catalonia, Spain. It was the last civilwork designed by Catalan architect

Antoni Gaudí, built between the years

1906 and 1910.



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GLASGOW

SCHOOL OF ART1845, Mackintosh

The Glasgow School of Art (GSA)

is Scotland's only public self-governing art

school offering university level programmes

and research in architecture, fine art and

design. The school is housed in one

of Glasgow's most famous buildings, oftenconsidered the masterpiece of Charles

Rennie Mackintosh and built between 1897

and 1909. The building was severely

damaged by fire in May 2014.



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HILL HOUSE1904, Mackintosh

Hill House in Helensburgh, Scotland is

one of Charles Rennie Mackintosh'smost famous works, probably second

only to Glasgow School of Art. It was

designed and built for the publisher

Walter Blackie in 1902 – 1904.



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HOTEL SOLVAY1900, Horta

The Hôtel Solvay is a large Art Nouveau townhouse designed by Victor Horta on the Avenue

Louise in Brussels. The house was commissioned

by Armand Solvay, the son of the wealthy Belgian

chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay.



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HOTEL TASSEL1900, Horta

The Hotel Tassel is a town house built by Victor

Horta in Brussels for the Belgian scientist and

professor Emile Tassel in 1893 –1894. It is generally

considered as the first true Art Nouveau building,

because of its highly innovative plan and its

groundbreaking use of materials and decoration.

Together with three other town houses of Victor

Horta, including Horta's own house and atelier it

was put on the 'UNESCO World Heritage List' in

2000. It is located at 6, Rue Paul-Emile

Jansonstraat in Brussels.



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SAGRADA

FAMILIA2028, Gaudi

The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada

Família designed by Catalan architect Antoni

Gaudí (1852 –1926). Although incomplete, the

church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and inNovember 2010 Pope Benedict XVI consecrated

and proclaimed it a minor basilica, as distinct from

a cathedral which must be the seat of a bishop.



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PARIS METRO

ENTRANCES1905, Guimard

The Paris Métro or Métropolitain is a rapid

transit system in the Paris Metropolitan Area. A

symbol of the city, it is noted for its density within

the city limits and its uniform architecture,

influenced by Art Nouveau.



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VIENNA

SECESSION1897, Joseph Maria Olbrich

The Vienna Secession also known as the Union of Austrian Artists, or Vereinigung Bildender Künstler

Österreichs) was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian

artists who had resigned from the Association of Austrian

Artists, housed in the Vienna Künstlerhaus. This

movement included painters, sculptors, and architects.

The first president of the Secession was Gustav Klimt,

and Rudolf von Alt was made honorary president. Its

official magazine was called Ver Sacrum.



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WERKBUND

EXHIBITION THEATER1914, Henry van de Velde

The Deutscher Werkbund (DWB) was mixed

association of architects, artists and

industrialists, founded in 1907 in Munich, by

Hermann Muthesius. Of great importance in the

history of Modernist architecture and modern

design, was a precursor to the Bauhaus.



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WHITECHAPEL

ART GALLERY1901, C.H.Townsend

The Whitechapel Gallery is a public art gallery

on the north side of Whitechapel High Street, in

the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Designed by Charles Harrison Townsend, it was

founded in 1901 as one of the first publicly

funded galleries for temporary exhibitions

in London, and it has a long track record for

education and outreach projects, now focused

on the Whitechapel area's deprived populations.



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MAJOLICA HOUSE1899, Wagner

Otto Wagner's ornate Majolika Haus (Majolica House)

is named after the weather-proof, painted ceramic

floral designs on its façade. Despite its flat, rectilinear

shape, the building is considered Art Nouveau.

Wagner used new, modern materials and rich color,

yet retained the traditional use of ornamentation. Theeponymous majolica, decorative iron balconies, and

flexible, S-shaped linear embellishment accentuate the

building's structure. Today Majolika Haus has retail on

the ground floor and apartments above.

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