Paris Subway Station Art Nouveau

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Paris subway station art nouveau. The art nouveau movement of architecture and design flourished in paris from about 1895 to 1914 reaching its high point at the 1900 paris international exposition. 1 2 metro paris lines are numbered from 1 to 14 with two bis or secondary lines 3b and 7b. After experiments with diverse colour schemes furniture and lighting since 1999 there has been a reversion to the original design principles of the network. Hector guimard 10 march 1867 20 may 1942 was a french architect and designer and a prominent figure of the art nouveau style.

Between 1900 and 1913 hector guimard was responsible for the first generation of entrances to the underground stations of the paris métro his art nouveau designs in cast iron and glass dating mostly to 1900 and the associated lettering that he also designed created what became known as the métro style style métro and popularized art nouveau. By this point parisians had wearied of identical haussmannian boulevards and were ready for something new. When the paris metro system opened 116 years ago art nouveau was at its peak. 16 x 12 multiple sizes.

Arts et métiers station line 3 decorated in ouï dire style. Guaranteed lowest price free shipping returns and custom framing options on all prints. Metro station entrance art nouveau style paris france europe gavin hellier. Metʁo də paʁi short for métropolitain is a rapid transit system in the paris metropolitan area france a symbol of the city it is known for its density within the city limits uniform architecture and unique entrances influenced by art nouveau it is mostly underground and 214 kilometres 133 mi long.

However arbiters of style were scandalized. Within a paris metro station. From the original plain white tilework and art nouveau entrances the architecture of paris métro stations has evolved with successive waves of building and renovation. The paris subway paris underground has over 300 paris metro stations on 16 lines covering the 10x10km area of central paris.

Guimard s gate design typifies the art nouveau style which emerged in france and belgium in the late 19th century and was characterized by its references to nature and organic forms. With the art nouveau metro stations by designed hector guimard it was characterized by a rejection of historicism and traditional architectural forms and a flamboyant use of floral and vegetal designs sinuous curving lines such. He achieved early fame with his design for the castel beranger the first art nouveau apartment building in paris which was selected in an 1899 competition as one of the best new building facades in the city he is best known for the glass and iron edicules or. Paris has no shortage of awe inspiring architecture.

Much like subway travel itself art nouveau was unfamiliar to most parisians who responded hesitantly at first to this novel visual vocabulary. In 1898 hector guimard s castel béranger an upmarket apartment block in the 16th arrondissement provided just that.