The 19th Century in Belgium - Architecture and interior design - Hardcover

Vandenbreeden, Jos; Dierkens-Aubry, Francoise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9020923161 ISBN 13: 9789020923162

Publisher: Lannoo, 1996

Synopsis

Beautifully illustrated in glossy colour plates and text throughout, this 1994 hardback volume (with dustjacket) does not aim at being a comprehensive historical survey but is intended to focus the reader's attention on the wealth and beauty of this part of the world's heritage that is under threat today and often thoughtlessly destroyed. It has been written by Jos Vandenbreeden and Francoiase Dierkens-Aubry with photography by Jacques Evrard and Christine Bastin. Chapters: Foreword; Chapter 1. An Introduction to the century of eclecticism by Francoise Dierkens-Aubry: Introduction, New architectural layouts, the architect in the 19th Century; and Universal Exhibitions. Chapter 2. In Pursuit of a Style by Jos Vandenbreeden: NEO CLASSICISM: A neo-classical movement at the end of the 18th Century; Sober 19th-century neo-classicism as a means to urban beautification; Monumental building schemes, or consideration for public architecture; The terrace house versus the neo-Palladian country villa; A typology; The neo-classical streetscape; THE GOTHIC REVIVAL: The return to a national style; Restoration and new developments modelled on the Middle Ages; Architectural structures; The picturesque in architecture and in the townscape; ECLECTICISM: Eclecticism, a mixture of styles or neo-architecture; Various trends within eclecticism, from classical to exotic; The influence of bearing structures on eclectic architecture; Art in the street; THE RENAISSANCE REVIVAL: Via the Renaissance Revival towards a new national style: the neo-Flemish Renaissance Picturesque effects and the reappraisal of the town structure; TOWARDS ART NOUVEAU: A liberating style of architecture. Chapter 3. On imitation by Francoise Dierkens-Aubry: STYLE AND INTERIOR DECORATION; PRIVATE HOUSES: INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT: Flats for letting, The middle-class house; The private mansion; The country house and the suburban house; The working-class house and social housing; SCULPTURE AS DECORATION IN THE CITY, etc, etc

About this edition

• Publisher: Lannoo
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 9020923161
• ISBN 13: 9789020923162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224