Art Nouveau, a pan-world architectural style Distinguished by their lavish sculpture, metalwork, stained glass windows and tile facades, Art Nouveau buildings were designed to stand out. This short guide introduces you to the leading architects and designers who were determined to create a modern style on the eve of the 20th century. Hector Guimard, CastelContinue reading “Anne’s Pocket Guide to…”
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Anne’ Pocket Guide to Italian Stile Liberty in Turin
Notes to accompany my talk which you can find on my YouTube channel @ Anne Anderson Art and Design History Channel Art Nouveau in Italy: Stile Liberty Reading Bossaglia, Rossana and Valerio Terraroli, IL Liberty A Milano, Milano: Skira, 2003 Bugatti: Carlo/Rembrandt/Ettore: I Mobili/I Soprammobili/Le Automobili, exh. cat., Galleria dell’Emporio Floreale, Rome, 1976 Dejean, Philippe, Bugatti: Carlo,Continue reading “Anne’ Pocket Guide to Italian Stile Liberty in Turin”
Anne’s Pocket Guide to Jugend Stila/ Jauniešu stils Riga
Riga, the capital of Latvia, is renowned for its fantastic Art Nouveau/Jugendstil buildings built at the beginning of the 20th century. Riga developed rapidly once the city walls were demolished in the mid-19th century (1857-63). The rapid expansion of the population, which almost doubled in the 20 years before the First World war, reaching overContinue reading “Anne’s Pocket Guide to Jugend Stila/ Jauniešu stils Riga”
Jugend Stila/ Jauniešu stils Riga
Riga, the capital of Latvia, is renowned for its fantastic Art Nouveau/Jugendstil buildings built at the beginning of the 20th century. Riga developed rapidly once the city walls were demolished in the mid-19th century (1857-63). The rapid expansion of the population, which almost doubled in the 20 years before the First World war, reaching overContinue reading “Jugend Stila/ Jauniešu stils Riga”
Anne’s Pocket Guide to…Modernisme Valencià
This post is one of a series looking at Art Nouveau Architecture. They complement my book on Art Nouveau Architecture published by Crowood (2020). Barcelona was not the only Catalan city to respond to modernity and nationalism at the close of the 19th century. Modernisme Valencià is the name given to the new art andContinue reading “Anne’s Pocket Guide to…Modernisme Valencià”
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