Art Nouveau a Search for New Forms

Charles Garnier, Opéra, Paris, 1863-75

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Altes Museum, Berlin, 1825-1830

S. Bing opens a shop in Paris called

L ’Art Nouveau, 1895

Aubrey Beardsley, Salomé, 1893

What is happening in this image?

Extraction of resources (ivory & rubber) from Belgian Congo

Victor Horta, Hôtel Tassel, Brussels, 1892-3

Victor Horta, section showing entrance hall and stair, Hotel Tassel, Brussels, 1892-3

What is the name of the project, year, location, artist/architect?

What materials are used?

What colors?

What role does ornament play?

How might the body move through

this space?

Victor Horta, Hôtel Tassel, Brussels, 1892-3

Horta, Hôtel Horta, (now Museum), Brussels, 1898-1901

Henri van de Veld, Chair, 1889; Desk, 1899

Victor Horta, Hôtel van Eetvelde, Brussels, 1895–7

Victor Horta, Hôtel van Eetvelde, Brussels, 1895–7

Victor Horta, Hôtel van Eetvelde, central atrium, Brussels, 1895–7

Horta, Hôtel Horta, (now Museum), Brussels, 1898-1901

Horta, Hôtel Horta, (now Museum), Brussels, 1898-1901

Horta, Hôtel Horta, (now Museum), dining room, Brussels, 1898-1901

Horta, Hôtel Horta, (now Museum), dining room, Brussels, 1898-1901

Victor Horta, Maison du Peuple, Brussels, 1896-99 (demolished 1965)

Victor Horta, Maison du Peuple, Brussels, 1896-99 (demolished 1965)

Victor Horta, Maison du Peuple, Brussels, 1896-99 (demolished 1965)

Victor Horta, Maison du Peuple, Brussels, 1896-99 (demolished 1965)

Athens, first subway opens 1869

Edward M. Wheelwright, Tremont Street, c. 1906

Subway near Paddington Station, London, 1863

Tremont Street Subway, c. 1898

Hector Guimard, Metropolitan, subway entrances, c. 1900

Hector Guimard, Metropolitan, subway entrances, c. 1900

Hector Guimard, Metropolitan, subway entrances, c. 1900

Hector Guimard, Metropolitan, subway entrance, Montmartre Station, c. 1900

Hector Guimard, Metropolitan, subway entrance, Montmartre Station, c. 1900

Hector Guimard, Metropolitan, subway entrance, Montmartre Station, c. 1900

For the exam be able to recall….

Materials, colors, motifs, significance of site, architect, and time period

Otto Wagner, Karlsplatz Station, Vienna, 1894

Otto Wagner, Karlsplatz Station, Vienna, 1894

Fischer von Erlach, Karlskirche, 1716-37

Otto Wagner, Nussdorf lock at the Danube Canal, Vienna, 1894-98

Otto Wagner, Bridges over Danube, 1896

Gustav Klimt, The Kiss, 1907–08

Josef Maria Olbrich, Secession Exhibition Building,

Vienna,1897-98, and poster for Second Exhibition, 1898

Joseph Hoffmann, Purkersdorf Sanatorium, outside Vienna, 1904–06

Joseph Hoffmann, Purkersdorf Sanatorium, outside Vienna, 1904–06

Joseph Hoffmann, Purkersdorf Sanatorium, outside Vienna, 1904–06

Joseph Hoffmann, Purkersdorf Sanatorium, outside Vienna, 1904–06

Joseph Hoffmann, Purkersdorf Sanatorium, outside Vienna, 1904–06

Joseph Hoffmann, Purkersdorf Sanatorium, outside Vienna, 1904–06

Koloman Moser, 1903

Joseph Hoffmann, Purkersdorf Sanatorium, outside Vienna, 1904–06

Otto Wagner, Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1904-06

Otto Wagner, Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1904-06

Otto Wagner, Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1904-06

Otto Wagner, Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1904-06

Otto Wagner, Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1904-06

Otto Wagner, Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1904-06

Otto Wagner, Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1904-06

Otto Wagner, Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1904-06

Otto Wagner (1841-1918)

Adolf Loos (1870-1933)

Adolf Loos, Kärntner Bar, Vienna, 1907

Adolf Loos, Kärntner Bar, Vienna, 1907

The evolution of culture is synonymous

with with the removal of ornament

from utilitarian objects. …

Freedom from ornament is a sign of

spiritual strength. Modern man uses the

ornaments of earlier or alien cultures as

he sees fit. He concentrates his own

inventiveness on other things.

Loos, Goldman and Salatsch Building,

Michaelerplatz, Vienna, 1910-11

Loos, Goldman and Salatsch Building,

Michaelerplatz, Vienna, 1910-11

Loos, Goldman and Salatsch Building,

Michaelerplatz, Vienna, 1910-11

Loos, Goldman and Salatsch Building,

Michaelerplatz, Vienna, 1910-11

Loos, Goldman and Salatsch Building,

Michaelerplatz, Vienna, 1910-11

Louis Sullivan, Guaranty Building, Buffalo, 1894-95

Connection between these three sites?

Frank Lloyd Wright, Ward Willits House, near Chicago (Highland Park, IL), 1902

H.H. Richardson, Marshall Field Warehouse, Chicago, 1885-86

Frank Lloyd Wright, Winslow House, River Forest (near Chicago), Ill, 1893-4

H. H. Richardson, Glessner House, Chicago, 1887

Frank Lloyd Wright, Ward Willits House, near Chicago (Highland Park, IL), 1902

F. L. Wright, Robie House, Chicago, 1908-10

Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles S. Ross House, Wisconsin, 1902

Marion Mahony, photo c. 1894

What is a Usonian house?

Wright, Pope-Leighey House, near Alexandria VA, 1939–1941

designed as affordable, organic, and functional homes for the American middle class. These modest, single-story, flat-roofed structures often featured open plans, radiant heating, and large windows

Francois Hennebique, trabeated system for reinforced concrete, 1892

Auguste Perret, No. 25 bis rue Franklin, Paris, 1902-1903

Auguste Perret, No. 25 bis rue Franklin, Paris, 1902-1903

Tony Garnier, Factory, view of furnaces, Industrial City (Cité Industrielle) 1917

Tony Garnier, residential quarter, Industrial City (Cité Industrielle) 1917

Albert Khan, 1869 –1942

Albert Kahn, Ford Motor Company Factory, Highland Park, Michigan, 1909

Albert Kahn, Ford Motor Company Factory, Highland Park, Michigan, 1909

Peter Behrens (1868-1940)

Behrens, Turbine Factory, Huttenstrasse, Berlin, 1909

Behrens, Turbine Factory, Huttenstrasse, Berlin, 1909

C. Gilbert, Woolworth Building, NYC, 1913

McKim, Mead, White, Penn Station, NYC, 1910

Warren and Wetmore and Stem and Reed, Grand Central

Terminal, New York, 1902-13

F.T. Marinetti, Futurist Manifesto, 1909

Sant’Elia, Città Nuova central railway station, 1914

Sant’Elia, Città Nuova, apartment building, 1914

Gerrit Rietveld and Truus Schröder, Schröder House, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1924

Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, Dessau, 1925-26

Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer, Fagus shoe-last Factory, Alfeld, 1911-12

Bauhaus, Weimar, Founded 1919

Karl J. Jucker, Table Lamp, 1923-24

Marcel Breuer, Tubular Steel Chair or ”Wassily” Chair, 1925