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How Art Nouveau transformed Parisian Architecture. In this episode we travel to France to meet Hector Guimard the father of French Art Nouveau and the sweeping organic forms that came to define one of the most exciting eras in European culture.
We’ll be exploring how ceramic tiles became a key element in the architecture at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and we venture underground, down into the Paris Metro where to this day tiles continue to reign supreme.
Featured Artworks
Ceramics and artwork in this week’s episode include:
Hector Guimard, 1867–1942
Café-Restaurant Au Grand Neptune, 1888, Hector Guimard
Tassel House, Brussels, 1892—93, Victor Horta
Photo: kat_hly.1608 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Illustrations to Salome by Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley
The Art Nouveau Bing Pavilion, Paris Exposition, 1900, Siegfried Bing
Courtesy of V&A Museum
Castel Béranger, 1895—98, Hector Guimard
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 1.0)
Alexandre Bigot, 1862—1927
Photo: Absecon 59 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Inside Castel Béranger, 1895—98, Hector Guimard
29 Avenue Rapp, Paris, 1899—1901
Photo: marsupilami92 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo: Pline / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Maison Coilliot, 1898—1900
Illustrations to Salome by Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley
Porte Dauphine Metro Station, Paris, 1900
Photo :Jean-Pierre Dalbéra / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Abbesses Metro Station, Paris, 1913
Hector Guimard — Andrzej O / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Thesupermat / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Porte Dauphine Metro Station, Paris, 1900
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How Art Nouveau transformed Parisian Architecture. In this episode we travel to France to meet Hector Guimard the father of French Art Nouveau and the sweeping organic forms that came to define one of the most exciting eras in European culture.
We’ll be exploring how ceramic tiles became a key element in the architecture at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and we venture underground, down into the Paris Metro where to this day tiles continue to reign supreme.
Featured Artworks
Ceramics and artwork in this week’s episode include:
Hector Guimard, 1867–1942
Café-Restaurant Au Grand Neptune, 1888, Hector Guimard
Tassel House, Brussels, 1892—93, Victor Horta
Photo: kat_hly.1608 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Illustrations to Salome by Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley
The Art Nouveau Bing Pavilion, Paris Exposition, 1900, Siegfried Bing
Courtesy of V&A Museum
Castel Béranger, 1895—98, Hector Guimard
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 1.0)
Alexandre Bigot, 1862—1927
Photo: Absecon 59 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Inside Castel Béranger, 1895—98, Hector Guimard
29 Avenue Rapp, Paris, 1899—1901
Photo: marsupilami92 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Photo: Pline / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Maison Coilliot, 1898—1900
Illustrations to Salome by Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley
Porte Dauphine Metro Station, Paris, 1900
Photo :Jean-Pierre Dalbéra / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Abbesses Metro Station, Paris, 1913
Hector Guimard — Andrzej O / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Thesupermat / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Porte Dauphine Metro Station, Paris, 1900
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#ceramic #pots #arthistory
