Main entry:

Dernie, David.

Title & Author:

Victor Horta / David Dernie, Alastair Carew-Cox.

Publication:

London : Academy Editions ; Lanham, Md. : Distributed to the trade in the U.S.A. by National Book Network, ©1995.

Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-221) and index.
Themes From the Work of Victor Horta -- Paris Dawn -- Belgian Avant-Garde -- The Quest for Originality -- Dream Rooms -- The Power of Material -- The Endless Line -- The Buildings 1889-1923 -- Edicule Lambeaux -- Hotel Autrique -- Hotel Tassel -- Hotel Frison -- Hotel Winssinger -- Hotel Solvay -- Hotel van Eetvelde -- Jardin d'Enfants -- Maison du Peuple -- Maison and Atelier Horta -- Villa Carpentier -- Villa Frison -- Maison and Atelier Braecke -- Maison and Atelier Dubois -- Hotel Max Hallet -- Waucquez Store -- Villa Dubois -- Wolfers Store -- Brugmann Hospital -- Chronology -- Map.

Summary:

The collection of photographs, drawings and text brought together in this monograph represents the most significant contribution to studies on Victor Horta in recent years. 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. In a series of essays David Dernie examines Horta's training and formative years in Paris and Brussels: the influence of Viollet-le-Duc, Alphonse Balat, and most importantly the new avant-garde movements and the dominant Symbolist aesthetic in Belgian art and literature which were powerfully synthesised in the annual exhibitions of Les XX. Having thus provided a basis of 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 Hotels Tassel and Van Eetvelde, and the Maison and Atelier Horta. The book has the full support of the Musee Horta in Brussels and almost all of the images are unpublished elsewhere, making this collection an invaluable source.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of Contents

ISBN:

1854904183
9781854904188

Subject:

Horta, Victor, baron, 1861-1947 Criticism and interpretation.
Horta, Victor, baron, 1861-1947
Horta, Victor 1861-1947
Horta, Victor, (1861-1947)
Horta, Victor.
Art nouveau (Architecture) Belgium.
Art nouveau (Architecture) Belgique.
Art nouveau (Architecture)
Architektur
Bildband
Architects Belgium 19th century.
Architects Belgium 20th century.
Belgium.

Form/genre:

Catalogues raisonnés.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Horta, Victor, baron, 1861-1947.
Carew-Cox, Alastair.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 152689
Call No.: NA44.H821.2 D4 1995
Status: Available