Art Nouveau

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Closely associated with the arts and Crafts Movement championed by William Morris; the Decorative style of architecture

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Art Nouveau

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Art Nouveau is characterized by

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flowing line and abstract floral motifs

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ornamental style of art that flourished between about 1890 and 1910throughout Europe and the United States

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Art Nouveau

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In France Le Moderne Style was initiated by

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Guimmard

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In Belgium Coup De Joulet was practiced by

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Van de Velde and Horta

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In Spain Modernismo practiced by

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Gaudi

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In Austria it is called

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Sezessionstil or Sezessione

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In Scotland Fin-De-Schism practiced by

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Mackintosh

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In Italy it is called

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Stile Floreal or Stile Liberty

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In Germany Jugendstil is practiced by

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Vande Velde,Olbrist and Endell

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In America, the Tiffany style is associated with

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Louis Tiffany

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_________ of the illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, who depended heavily on the expressive quality of organic line

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Aestheticism

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________ of William Morris, who established the importance of a vital style in the applied arts

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Arts and Crafts movement

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The distinguishing ornamental characteristic of Art Nouveau is

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undulating asymmetrical line

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the main building was constructed between 1897 and 1899, the long ashlar façade is dominated by huge, north-facing studio windows disposed of with subtle variations of rhythm around a more obviously asymmetrical entrance bay

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School of Art

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The school of art was designed by

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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the entrance has a glass roof with green wrought-iron arches and amber lights; standardized components, including railing cartouche incorporating the letter “M” and signs in Guimardsdistinctive lettering reading “Métropolitain”

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Guimard’s Paris Metro Entrances

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Guimard’s Paris Metro Entrances was designed by

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Hector Guimard

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Guimard designed 3 different types of entrances

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Pavillion, Glass canopies and Cast iron balustrades

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The ________ is held up by two orange moulded flower buds’ atop sinuously curved cast-iron lampposts in the shape of plant stems

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Metropolitan sign

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Designed by one of the preeminent practitioners of Art Nouveau in Paris; also referred to as Synagogue de la rue Pavée was built in191

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Agoudas Hakehilos

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Agoudas Hakehilos was designed by

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Hector Guimard

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a narrow-fronted house and the main element of its façade is a segmental oriel window with steel lintels and mullions; regarded as the first completed building in the fully-pledged ArtNouveau style

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Hotel Tassel

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Hotel Tassel was designed by

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Victor Horta

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designed by Victor Horta for Armand Solvay, the son of the chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay; which the façade is more plastic and incorporates attenuated iron columns

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Hotel Solvay

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Designed by Victor Horta for Edmond van Eetvelde, administrator of Congo Freestate; the interior is arranged around a superb octagonal space which is ringed with slender iron columns flowing into elliptical arches and supporting a shallow glass dome

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Hotel Van Eetvelde

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is considered one of Brussels’sArt Nouveau gems; This former department store now houses the Museum of Musical Instruments

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The Old England Building

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The Old England Building was designed by

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Paul Saintenoy

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an apartment building in Vienna; In Vienna, this was referred to as the Sezessione style, with the same connotations of ArtNouveau but in a more specific context of their country

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Majolikahaus

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Majolikahaus was designed by

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Otto Wagner

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An entire facade built of small ceramic tiles, also known as _____ flow into floral shapes as they extend higher up the wall

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Majolica

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white cubic building; constructed as an exhibition hall for the artists and designers of the secessionist movement

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The Secession Building

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The Secession Building was designed by

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Joseph Maria Olbrich

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The Latvian city of Riga is celebrated for its astonishing amount of ArtNouveau buildings

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Albert Street

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Albert Street was designed by

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Mikhail Osipovich Eisenstein

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A Catalan architect; Much of his career was occupied with the construction of the expiatory Temple of the Holy Family (Sagrada Familia), which was unfinished at his death in 1926

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Antonio Gaudi y Cornet

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the second most visited church in Europe; still largely unfinished and was seen by Gaudi as the work of generations, a building that would evolve meticulously rather than a design that was fully thought out from the beginning

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La Sagrada Familia

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Antoni Gaudí’s primary goal for the church (La Sagrada Familia) was to build facades that highlighted the

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three phases in Jesus life: the Nativity, the Passion, and the Glory

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What are the four main parts of La Sagrada Familia?

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Basilica
School building
Museum
Towers

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Known as La Pedrera, “the quarry”, the building was inspired by the Modernista movement, Spain’s version of Nouveau

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Casa Mila

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Casa Mila was constructed for

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Roser Segimon and Pere Milà

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Casa Mila is divided into nine levels

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basement
ground floor (garage)
mezzanine (entry)
main floor (Milas)
four upper floors (for rent)
attic

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Casa Mila’s facade can be viewed in three sections

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Street facade (spanning the ground floor)
Main facade (Main and upper floors)
Roof structures (attic and supports roof garden)

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been known as the house of bones or the house of the dragon with use of lustrous colored bits of glazed ceramic and glass created a masterpiece

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Casa Batlo

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Who designed Casa Batlo

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Antoni Gaudi