Victor Horta

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This paper analyzes whether Victor Horta's work reflects the aesthetics of the art nouveau movement. It also looks at what some of the limitations of the art nouveau movement were. The paper provides an overview of the architect's life and the times in which he lived. It then analyzes Horta's influence to the art movements of this time period.

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Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Victor Horta and the Art Nouveau Movement
Influence and Limitations of Art Nouveau
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The research showed that architectural designers such as Victor Horta and Hector Guimard are credited with introducing the art nouveau movement to England and the rest of Europe (primarily France and Germany) in response to the technological innovations that were taking place in the world at the time. What distinguishes Horta's works from some of his peers, though, is the enduring quality of his craftsmanship and attention to detail, all of which contribute to making his buildings a single work of art as it were. As one modern observer puts it, "Although many of Brussels' houses have extremely boring exteriors - and seldom is one a mirror of its neighbor - coming upon occasional works from the art-nouveau era can be as exciting as seeing a rainbow" (Levin 1)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ballantyne, Andrew. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2002.
• Boyd, Andrew, Andrew Carden and H. R. Hitchcock et al. World Architecture: An Illustrated History. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963.
• Cantor, Norman F. (1988). Twentieth-Century Culture: Modernism to Deconstruction. New York: Peter Lang, 1988.
• Cassou, Jean, Emil Langui and Nikolaus Pevsner. Gateway to the Twentieth Century: Art and Culture in a Changing World. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962.
• Conway, Hazel and Rowan Roenisch. Understanding Architecture: An Introduction to Architecture and Architectural History. New York: Routledge, 1994.

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