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Art Nouveau walk
Why don’t we change everything? In an age when neo-classical architecture was in full swing, Victor Horta’s question was to undermine existing conceptions and bring new talents to the fore.
By playing with different spaces, by exploiting all the resources offered by lights and colours, and submitting shapes and materials to the will of his pencil, Horta was the precursor of a revolutionary, vibrant and inspired Art Nouveau.
The Brussels scene quickly became a hive of frenzied activity thanks to the contributions made by the colleagues of this visionary, who included Hankar, Strauven, Blérot, the Delune brothers, Cauchie... and more than twenty others. Without copying one another or even falling prey to imitation, all seemed to be guided towards an objective that was both aesthetic and spiritual: the creation of a catalogue of lines, shapes and atmospheres that had no parallel.
Other informations
Horta Museum
rue Américaine 25 - 1060 Bxl
Tel.: +32 (0)2 543 04 90
www.hortamuseum.be
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Hôtel Hannon
Espace Photographique Contretype
avenue de la Jonction 1 - 1060 Bxl
Tel.: +32 (0)2 538 42 20
www.contretype.org
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La Cambre abbey
avenue E. Duray - 1000 Bxl
Tel.: +32 (0)2 648 11 21
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Flagey
place Sainte-Croix - 1050 Bxl
Tel.: +32 (0)2 641 10 10
www.flagey.be
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Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Ixelles
rue J. Van Volsem 71 - 1050 Bxl
Tel.: +32 (0)2 515 64 21
www.musee-ixelles.be
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Architecture Foundation
rue de l’Ermitage 55 - 1050 Bxl
Tel.: +32 (0)2 642 24 80
www.fondationpourlarchitecture.be
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Villa Empain
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 67 - 1050
Tel.: +32 (0)2 627 52 30
www.villaempain.com
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Pro Velo
location de vélos
Tél.: +32 (0)2 502 73 55
http://www.provelo.org/
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