van eetvelde house Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/van-eetvelde-house Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:18:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Hotel Tassel TOWN HOUSE BRUSSELS, BELGIUM http://travelsfinders.com/hotel-tassel-town-house-brussels-belgium.html http://travelsfinders.com/hotel-tassel-town-house-brussels-belgium.html#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2016 10:27:16 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=220907 VICTOR HORTA The end of the 19th century saw the birth of a new design movement that rejected the revival of past styles, such as Gothic, and was characterized by expressive decoration. Known as Art Nouveau, its first great architectural exponent was the Belgian architect, Victor Horta. The Hotel Tassel, the Brussels town house he designed for a wealthy client, not only epitomizes the new style but also shows the architect’s imaginative handling of interior space. The most striking feature of the house is the lavish decoration: balustrades and columns are sinuous in form, and plantlike designs adorn the walls

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