Magic Lines of Victor Horta
At the beginning of 2016, January 6 marked 155 years since the birth of one of the greatest architects of the turn of XXth century, the Belgian designer Victor Horta (1861–1947), best known for his Art Nouveau designwork, ranking alongside Paul Hankar (1859–1901) and Henry van de Velde (1863–1957) as a pioneer of modern architecture in Belgium. He is widely known as the founder and a brilliant representative the Art Nouveau architectural style, which in France was called Art Nouveau, in Germany – Jugendstil, Tiffany – in the United States, Liberty – in Italy, and Modernism – in Spain...