Architecture History: Study Aid 2

Art Noveau

late 1800s, early 1900s - flowing, organic forms. rejecting historical styles using modern materials such as glass and iron and sculptural ornamentation. avant garde (new, experimental ideas)

Gesamtkunstwerk

single artist responsible for all furnishings as well as the architecture

Arts and Crafts movement

Began in England long before art noveau, appreciation of simple, handcrafted desings -dmestic and functional. (william morris, charles voysey, charles rennie mackintosh)

Red House. Bexleyheath, London, 1859. Architect: Philip Webb.

Patron: William Morris

“House for an Art Lover” (Kunstfreundhaus) competition, 1900.  Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Glasgow School of Art.  1896-1910. Glasgow, Scotland. Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Tassel House, Brussel, Belgium, 1892-93. Architect: Victor Horta.

Maison du Peuple. Brussels, Belgium. 1896-1900. Architect: Victor Horta. Patron: Belgian Socialist Party.

Paris Subway or “Metropolitain” entrances. 1899-1904. Paris, France. Architect: Hector Guimard

Secession 

Avant Garde aesthetics in Austro hungarian empire. moving away from standard style of time 

Postal Savings Bank. 1904-1906. Vienna, Austria. Architect: Otto Wagner

Casa Milà. 1906-1910. Barcelona, Spain.

Architect: Antoni Gaudí. Patron: Pere Milà.

Sagrada Família. Barcelona, Spain, 1884-1926, 1926--. Architect: Antoni Gaudi