ARTH 2610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Henry Van De Velde, Victor Horta, Maison Du Peuple
6 Feb 2017
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Key points for today: world fairs were places of innovation (moving sidewalk, brussels, paris, glasgow, vienna, art nouveau, new modern style in response to national style. Autrique house, victor horta, brussels, 1893: historical precedents, trained in beaux arts, axial plan, limited to the plan, boxy, standard middle class row-house. Interest in new organic ideas: plays on the fa ade, floor tile, staircase, whiplash: fiddle-head like shape, move from classical tradition to inflections. Tassel house, victor horta, brussels, 1893: move symmetrical, more windows, frank expression of iron structure. Iron coming to life, inspired by organic forms: light-filled, like two houses connected by a light-well, windows allow light through entire house. Iron structure (like a greenhouse) in the middle of the house to allow more light: approaching a new kind of lifestyle, (cid:862)full (cid:271)losso(cid:373)(cid:863), te(cid:374)drils (cid:272)arry the eyes ornament and structure are combine. Maison du peuple, victor horta, brussels, 1896: left wing workers party, undulating due to difficulty of the site.
