Victor Horta
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1854904183 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Edward Bucknell said Victa Horta. this book was an excellent find as it is so difficult to find literature about individual artists of this era out side of exhibitions. the contents is fasinating telling you of his life during the later part of the 19th century into the early part of the last century. Good clear diagrams and photos with brilliant footnotes. A must for any art nouveau fan.
David Dernie graduated from Cambridge University. He has lectured widely on Horta and has undertaken several measured drawings of his work. His award winning work has been exhibited and published throughout Europe, and he is currently working on a series of photographs of stained glass designs from the Arts and Crafts period. .
This major re-assessment of Victor Horta's work examines the many influences on and of his designs.
The book has the full support of the Musée Horta in Brussels and almost all of the images are unpublished elsewhere, making this collection an invaluable source. David Dernie and Alastair Carew-Cox present much new material and a fresh insight into the work of this most influential architect of late nineteenth-century Europe. Their intention has not been to provide an encyclopaedic coverage of Horta's work, but to illuminate the themes, conflicts and inspirations which lie behind his most important buildings. Having thus provided a basis for the interpretation of Horta's oeuvre, the richly illustrated second section of the book presents the key buildings of his Art Nouveau period, from 1889 to 1923, including the Hôtels Tassel and Van Eetvelde, and the Maison and Atelier Horta. From the Inside Flap Victor Horta David Dernie * A