This is a comprehensive monograph on the influental Belgian architect and Art Nouveau pioneer Victor Horta (1861-1947). Using original drawings, archival images, and specially commissioned new photography, it illustrates his amazing versatility and stylistic evolution from Art Nouveau to his own interpretations of Modern architecture and Art Deco.
Horta envisioned architecture as an all-embracing art form, and his designs incoporate not only facades and floor plans but also interiors, furniture, floors and fixtures. Beginning in 1893 he built a series of revolutionary designs including the Tassel House in Brussels, generally considered the first significant expression of Art Nouveau in architecture. In the 1920s he conceived an exuberant version of Art Deco for the Palais des Beaux-Arts, also in Brussels.
Essays by a team of scholars explore Horta's work, his formal language and concept of space, the role of his clients, and his place in the development of European architecture.
Horta envisioned architecture as an all-embracing art form, and his designs incoporate not only facades and floor plans but also interiors, furniture, floors and fixtures. Beginning in 1893 he built a series of revolutionary designs including the Tassel House in Brussels, generally considered the first significant expression of Art Nouveau in architecture. In the 1920s he conceived an exuberant version of Art Deco for the Palais des Beaux-Arts, also in Brussels.
Essays by a team of scholars explore Horta's work, his formal language and concept of space, the role of his clients, and his place in the development of European architecture.