Victor Horta

London: Academy Editions, 1995. Cloth, 224 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, plans; 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small corner crease/front free endpaper. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "In the decade following the success of his design for the Hotel Tassel in Brussels in 1893, Victor Horta, the creator of Art Nouveau architecture, produced more than forty buildings--and a movement. Prepared in close collaboration with the Horta Museum, Brussels, 'Victor Horta: The Architect of Art Nouveau' discusses the many influences on Horta's designs and his legacy. The richly ornamental style of Art Nouveau, characterized by fluid lines based on natural forms, expressed a desire to abandon the historical styles of the nineteenth century and to develop a language that was beautifully crafted and thoroughly contemporary, laying the foundations for the development of modernism in architecture and interior design. / David Dernie graduated from Cambridge University. He is an architect and now teaches at Cambridge. In 1991 he was commissioned to design and organise the first Horta exhibition to be held in this country, by the Building Centre Trust, London. He has lectured widely on Horta and has undertaken several measured drawings of his work. Between 1991 and 1993 he was Rome Scholar in Architecture at the British School in Rome and is currently completing text and drawings for his next book on the iconology of materials in Mannerist gardens. Alastair Carew-Cox is an architectural photographer. He graduated with BA (Hons) in Visual Communications from Wolverhampton Art College. He was appointed photographer for the Building Centre Trust exhibition on Victor Horta which toured the UK in 1991/92. His award winning work has been exhibited and published throughout Europe, and he is currently working on a series of photographs of stained glass designs from the Arts and Crafts period." - Publisher. CONTENTS: 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; Httel Autrique; Httel Tassel; Httel Frison; Httel Winssinger; Httel Solvay; Httel van Eetvelde; Jardin d'Enfants; Maison du Peuple; Maison and Atelier Horta; Villa Carpentier; Villa Frison; Maison and Atelier Braecke; Maison and Atelier Dubois; Httel Max Hallet; Waucquez Store; Villa Dubois; Wolfers Store; Brugmann Hospital; Chronology; Map; Bibliography; Index.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Folio. Collectible.