ADFAS Perth - Art Nouveau Architecture around the world
This lecture looks at the influence of Art Nouveau style had on architecture in countries around the world, including Britain, Austria, Spain, Latvia and America. Despite the fact that Art Nouveau was originally largely inspired by British designers, the style found little favour in the UK. While French and Belgian architects used plant forms to create organic three-dimensional forms, Austrian Art Nouveau is surprisingly flat, and in Barcelona Antoni Gaudi’s buildings seem much more based on animal shapes than plants. The city with more Art Nouveau buildings than any other is Riga in Latvia, where carved stone is much more prominent than the fantastical iron shapes found in Belgium or France. We finish our world tour in America, with the elaborately decorated designs of Louis Tiffany and Louis Sullivan.
Location
State Library of WA, theatrette
25 Francis Road, Northbridge WA 6003
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