Posts tagged with ‘European’

“Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siècle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900.” ~Amazon description for Fleeting Cities: Imperial Expositions in Fin-de-Siecle Europe. I look forward to this book (coming out in August, 2010). A review should be forthcoming…

“Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siècle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900.” ~Amazon description for Fleeting Cities: Imperial Expositions in Fin-de-Siecle Europe.

I look forward to this book (coming out in August, 2010). A review should be forthcoming…

József Rippl-Rónai was a Hungarian post-impressionist associated with the avant-garde group, Les Nabis. Most of his paintings can be seen at the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest. For more on Ronai and his work, visit here.

(fuckyeahvictorians:my-ear-trumpet:turnofthecentury) A peacock-color-saturated image by Russian symbolist artist Mikhail Vrubel ~Morning, 1897. So very fin-de-siecle!

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A peacock-color-saturated image by Russian symbolist artist Mikhail Vrubel ~Morning, 1897. So very fin-de-siecle!

(via:thehistoryprofessor:vintagecottagefrench) Art Nouveau staircase of the Tassel House in Brussels by the incomparable Baron Victor Horta. You can visit his private home here.

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Art Nouveau staircase of the Tassel House in Brussels by the incomparable Baron Victor Horta. You can visit his private home here.

Chiozza e Turchi, fabricants de savons, advertising poster, 1899. (via: indigodreams)

Chiozza e Turchi, fabricants de savons, advertising poster, 1899.

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Dream, by Hungarian illustrator Ferenc Helbing (1870-1958) (via: indigodreams)

Dream, by Hungarian illustrator Ferenc Helbing (1870-1958)

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Societé pour L’Art Nouveau.

From Jugend magazine. 1896. (via: effingeden: feuilleton)

From Jugend magazine. 1896.

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Women cyclists, c. 1900. An interesting tidbit: From the expressions of the two boys in the background, it appears that women cyclists were not a common sight in this particular town! This photograph was most likely taken either in Northern Germany or in The Netherlands. (via: thehistoryprofessor: historiful)

Women cyclists, c. 1900.

An interesting tidbit: From the expressions of the two boys in the background, it appears that women cyclists were not a common sight in this particular town! This photograph was most likely taken either in Northern Germany or in The Netherlands.

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Alphonse Mucha From portfolio titled “Le Pater” dated 1899.“Le Pater, consisted of a series of seven drawings. The seven verses of the Lord’s prayer are presented with illustrations by Mucha.” (via MONSTER BRAINS: trixietreats: my-ear-trumpet)

Alphonse Mucha

From portfolio titled “Le Pater” dated 1899.

“Le Pater, consisted of a series of seven drawings. The seven verses of the Lord’s prayer are presented with illustrations by Mucha.”

(via MONSTER BRAINS: trixietreats: my-ear-trumpet)

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