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Post by Jody on Oct 10, 2007 4:49:21 GMT -5
I love most of the Art Nouveau buildings in Paris and have seen many and have a lot more to go.
While I was looking over my notes for next month , I found this walking tour. I have no idea where it came from, I'd put it into a word doc.
We'll probably do it in reverse as we'll be near the Vaugirard metro station one morning.
"For a view of Art Nouveau to Art Deco Paris, take the métro to Charles-Michel and walk down the rue des Entrepreneurs; there's an entire complex built just before or just after W.W.I which reflects this transition. The street has some very nice food shops, pick up picnic items for a picnic in the Square St. Lambert (weather permitting). From there go towards rue Lecourbe and find the Mairie of the XV arrondissement. If possible, enter its Salle des Fêtes for some interesting murals. Continue to the rue de Vaugirard, make a left and within a 100 yards you should find the Impasse Vergennes. Go through the gate, and in the back you will find a beautiful recently restored Art Deco building. The métro Vaugirard station is right there to take you back to the center of Paris. "
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Post by Jody on Oct 10, 2007 6:13:25 GMT -5
I should probably leaves this to Truffasut! Jugend ..I don't know at all! Nouveau period of design was from the late 1800's up until about WWI. Wonderful , graceful curves and curicues!  Deco - came in after the war ..very modernistic , though not cubistic Belle Epoque really isn't a "design" designation, rather it encompasses many field.. literature, politics, technology. It was a time of prace and progress. Propably we'll never see it again! Art Nouveau would be closely associated with the Belle Epoque |
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Post by Anne on Oct 10, 2007 6:53:02 GMT -5
Demarais, if you love Art Nouveau, then you should make a train trip to Nancy, which is the French hometown of Art Nouveau : several beautiful golden-stone buildings, and museums with the Art Nouveau furniture and decoration items (Majorelle, Gallé, Daum, Muller) . edn.nancy.fr/web/Gitte, I think that Jugenstill is just another name (German by the sound of it) for Art Nouveau . It had different names depending on the countries . I seem to remember that it was called Tiffany in the UK, or maybe the USA ? And yes, Art Déco was in the 20s-30s, with a bit of an ancient Greek inspiration . |
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Post by Jody on Oct 10, 2007 7:23:23 GMT -5
Anne , I've had Nancy on the plan for some time now, just haven't made it yet. Maybe in the spring when we are hoping for a month in Parsi. It is called Art Nouveau in the US. Tiffany ( Louis C) was one of the great inovaters of the Arts and craft movement and the Art Nouveau. Our small FL town is home to C.H.Morse Museum, which contains the world's largest collection of Tiffany pieces , including the chapel from the 1893 World's Expo . It also features many other works from the period. Amazing story behind the museum too ..almost everything had to be completely restored after a fire destroyed Tiffany's home. It was all going to be junked but a local woman here had it all shipped to FL and restored over the years. Shows what one determined woman can do..it helps to be rich too!!  www.morsemuseum.org/home.htm |
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Post by holger on Oct 10, 2007 7:48:00 GMT -5
 Demarais, What is the wonderful building #29 in the picture you posted? It is fabulous and I want to see it in person.
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Post by Truffaut on Oct 10, 2007 7:49:40 GMT -5
Arts & Crafts, Art Noveau and Jugendstill are really all pretty much the same thing. The style came about as a reaction to the mass production techniques engendered by the Industrial Revolution. Visionaries bemoaned the loss of handmade elements in everyday design. Their goal was to produce wares with a significant amount of handwork for the masses. Ultimately, the products were extraordinarily expensive and available only to the very wealthy--a direct violation of the very goal established by the movement's founders! In England, the leading exponents were Charles Rennie McIntosh, Charles Horner, Charles Ashbee; in France-Réné Lalique, Emile Gallé, Louis Marjorelle; in Austria, Hoffman; and in America, Louis Comfort Tiffany. There were many, many others, of course.
Each of the styles or "schools" has very specific characteristics that make it somewhat easy to identify origin of unmarked pieces. The French style tends to be more flowing, with an emphasis on organic forms and metamorphic human figures. The English and Austrian styles are a bit more austere and are often quite similar.
Art Deco was the further outgrowth of Art Nouveau. It was a return to a more "modern" sensibility, but still with an emphasis on high quality (at the upper end of the scale). The style gets it's name from the Expositions des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in Paris in 1925. At the time, the style was simply called "Moderne" and was not termed "Art Deco" until sometime in the 1960s. The style is characterized by linear shapes, smooth surfaces, luxe design elements, strong contrasts, etc.
Charles Plument, the architect who designed and built our apartment in Paris was the chief architect of the 1925 Exposition, and is considered the father of Art Deco architecture. Our building is one of his earliest projects and is in his version of the Art Nouveau style. The balcony that runs along the front of our apartment demonstrates the arched construction that he invented and that became something of a "signature" for Plumet's buildings.
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Post by Jody on Oct 10, 2007 8:12:28 GMT -5
It's called the Lavirotte Building , and is located at 29 Avenue Rapp, in the 7 EME. Darcy told me about it and I think she has some better pictures. My DH was in a rush to get somewhere and I only had time to snap off 2 shots.
It's either a private residence or apartments now.
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Post by cybee on Oct 10, 2007 13:33:57 GMT -5
Very interesting about the Art Nouveau and Art Deco explanation! Thank you , Truffaut! It is interesting and upon reflection, not at all surprising that Art Noveau was a reaction to the Industrial Revolution. I entirely understanding the thinking behind it! (loss of creative individualism in design ,etc.).
World Wars did seem to result in quite a number of reactions, not only in architect, but with art also such as surrealism, etc.! (Reality was too harsh, so better to paint surreal!).
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Post by greyghost1 on Oct 10, 2007 14:26:03 GMT -5
And right across the street is a great little resto: Sancerre. Also don't forget the Trente Museum in the outskirts of Paris.
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Post by holger on Oct 10, 2007 16:16:37 GMT -5
Truffaut thanks for the great exposition. I love this building and would adore to live in something that would lift my heart just coming to the front door.
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Post by Truffaut on Oct 10, 2007 19:58:15 GMT -5
Holger, it's funny--but there are little Art Nouveau gems tucked away all over Paris. Just in Batignolles, there are several lovely buildings. One of my favorites--just around the corner of rue Bridaine from our place--has the most extraordinary tile mosaic floor in the form of orange irises and green foliage against a cream background. Oh, how I'd love to chip up every square inch of it and have it installed in our house here in the US!!! (Mosaic floors--and sometimes walls--were typical of Plumet, but our building has only a relatively simple design of terracotta colored fleur-de-lis against a cream background with a green border.) The same building has a gorgeous entry door surround, not too much less ornate than in the picture above, and it also has a huge bay window with stained glass windows. I haven't been inside--I've only peered through the iron grill covering the doorway, but eventually I'll get inside when a resident is coming or going  Here's a peek at the stained glass entry door in our building....  |
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Post by Truffaut on Oct 10, 2007 20:02:53 GMT -5
OK, and just to make everybody jealous, here's a photo of the demure little bouquet that was delivered to our apartment shortly before our last cocktail party by one of the invités. I'll even give you a clue about the identity of the generous guest--it's "fortunate" that he's an active participant on this forum! The photo really doesn't do it justice--it was about 2-1/2 feet wide and looked like a mushroom cloud coming through the door!  |
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Oct 10, 2007 20:37:57 GMT -5
How "lucky" for you to have such a thoughtful guest! (I've always loved big arrangements of flowers for hall tables.)
What a great area of Paris, and how nice that we have people on the forum who know what to see and where to see it!
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Post by Shoesy on Oct 10, 2007 23:38:09 GMT -5
Becky - I have exalted you for your pun.  Truffaut - The flowers look beautiful, and so does the piece of furniture on which they're sitting. |
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Post by Shoesy on Oct 11, 2007 1:11:29 GMT -5
Gitte - I think that bouquet looks too big to carry. Am I correct, Truffaut?
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Post by holger on Oct 11, 2007 8:21:24 GMT -5
I have seen some of the Art Nouveau buildings on walks but this one somehow hit a chord. Maybe a requirement for our "apartment" should be that it is in such a building. Love the flowers, and have to say that I was also impressed with the flower arrangements in Paris. Try to have flowers and plants in my office as I cannot have them at home. My cats eat them and then get sick.
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Post by Penny on Oct 11, 2007 11:06:51 GMT -5
sometimes you get this little tickle in your brain that say's "I think I know the answer".
well, I've seen lots of Art Deco buildings in Miami and some of the original building at the Texas State Fairgrounds (Dallas) are in the Art Deco style. Also went to a marvelous Art Deco exhibition at the Kimball Museum (Fort Worth) silver, furniture, home accessories.
How the tickle was "wasn't Musée d'Orsay in the Belle Époque style?".
from a blog
This dream was likely brought on by yesterday's visit to the Musée d'Orsay, the Paris museum that was converted from a Belle Epoque railway station to a place housing one of the most important collections of late 19th century art in Europe.
you can also do Goggle search Belle Époque Orsay Paris and it will bring back lots of links.
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Post by Anne on Oct 11, 2007 11:24:33 GMT -5
Penny, what they mean is that the musée d'Orsay was built during the Belle Epoque period, i.e. very roughly around 1900 .
As Demarais mentionned it, Belle Epoque isn't an an architectural style . Art Nouveau or also the buildings with an obvious metallic structure like musée d'Orsay or Grand Palais are the architectural styles from the Belle Epoque period .
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Post by ladyjicky on Oct 16, 2007 2:42:54 GMT -5
That famous doorway on Ave Rapp is near the Eiffel Tower and a must to see if you love art nouveau. It can be seen in the movie Gigi!
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hahahha