Stoclet PalaceThe Stoclet Palace (French: Palais Stoclet [palɛ stɔklɛ]; Dutch: Stocletpaleis [stɔˈklɛːpaːˌlɛis]), also known as the Stoclet House, is a historic mansion in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by the Austrian-Moravian architect Josef Hoffmann for the Belgian financier Adolphe Stoclet, and built between 1905 and 1911, in the Vienna Secession style.
Koloman MoserKoloman Moser (German: [ˈkoːloman ˈmoːzɐ]; 30 March 1868 – 18 October 1918) was an Austrian artist, who exerted considerable influence on twentieth-century graphic art. He was one of the foremost artists of the Vienna Secession movement and a co-founder of Wiener Werkstätte.
Modern architecture20th-century movement and styleModern architecture, also called modernist architecture, or the modern movement, is an architecturalmovement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements.
Vienna SecessionThe Vienna Secession (German: Wiener Secession; also known as the Union of Austrian Artists or Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs) is an art movement, closely related to Art Nouveau, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian painters, graphic artists, sculptors and architects, including Josef Hoffman, Koloman Moser, Otto Wagner and Gustav Klimt.
Art DecoArt Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs (lit. 'Decorative Arts'), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished internationally during the 1920s to early 1930s, through styling and design of the exterior and interior of anything from large structures to small objects, including clothing, fashion, and jewelry.
Wiener WerkstätteThe Wiener Werkstätte ("Vienna Workshop"), established in 1903 by the graphic designer and painter Koloman Moser, the architect Josef Hoffmann and the patron Fritz Waerndorfer, was a productive association in Vienna, Austria, which brought together architects, artists, designers and artisans working in ceramics, fashion, silver, furniture and the graphic arts.
BrtniceBrtnice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbr̩tɲɪtsɛ]; German: Pirnitz) is a town in Jihlava District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,900 inhabitants. The town is located on the Brtnice River in the Křižanov Highlands. Brtnice was founded in the first half of the 13th century at the latest, but it became a town only in 2000. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
ArchitectAn architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. Etymologically, the term architect derives from the Latin architectus, which derives from the Greek (arkhi-, chief + tekton, builder), i.e., chief builder.
BrusselsBrussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country.AustriansLanguagesGerman(Bavarian, Alemannic)ReligionHistorically:primarily Roman Catholicminority LutheranNowadays:Christian (68%)Irreligious and other (24%)Austrians (German: Österreicher) are an ethnic group and nation native to Austria. The English term Austrians was applied to the population of Habsburg Austria from the 17th or 18th century.
Sudeten GermansGerman Bohemians (German: Deutschböhmen und Deutschmährer; Czech: čeští Němci a moravští Němci), later known as Sudeten Germans (German: Sudetendeutsche; Czech: sudetští Němci), are ethnic Germans living in the Czech lands of the Bohemian Crown, which later became an integral part of Czechoslovakia. Before 1945, over three million German Bohemians constituted about 23% of the population of the whole country and about 29.5% of the population of Bohemia and Moravia.
DesignerA designer is a person who plans the form or structure of something before it is made, by preparing drawings or plans. In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, products, processes, laws, games, graphics, services, or experiences can be called a designer. OverviewA designer is someone who conceptualizes and creates new concepts, ideas, or products for consumption by the general public.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.