Secession architecture

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Secession architecture is an art nouveau-influenced architectural style that emerged in Central Europe around 1900, characterized by ornamental, geometric designs and a break from historicist traditions.

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instanceOf Art Nouveau movement
architectural style
cultural movement
characterizedBy asymmetry
curvilinear forms
emphasis on total work of art
flat decorative surfaces
integration of applied arts
ornamental geometric designs
rejection of historicist ornament
stylized floral motifs
use of symbolism in decoration
developedFrom late 19th-century eclecticism
emergedInCity Budapest
Munich
Prague
Vienna
emergedInCountry Austria
Czech lands
Germany
Hungary
Poland
emergedInPeriod around 1900
emergedInRegion Central Europe
hasAlternativeName Secession style
Sezessionstil
hasNotableArchitect Josef Hoffmann
Joseph Maria Olbrich
Jože Plečnik
Koloman Moser
Max Fabiani
Otto Wagner
Ödön Lechner
hasNotableExample Gresham Palace in Budapest
Hotel Evropa
surface form: Hotel Europa in Prague

Majolikahaus in Vienna
Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest
Austrian Postal Savings Bank building
surface form: Postal Savings Bank building in Vienna

Secession Building in Vienna
surface form: Vienna Secession Building
influenced Bauhaus movement
Central European urban design
early modernist architecture
influencedBy Art Nouveau
Arts and Crafts movement
Japanese art
Symbolism
modern industrial materials
opposedTo eclecticism
historicist architecture
partOf Berlin Secession
Prague Secession
surface form: Czech Secession

Hungarian Secession
Art Nouveau
surface form: Jugendstil

Munich Secession
Vienna Secession
relatedTo Art Nouveau architecture
Art Nouveau
surface form: Jugendstil architecture

Modern architecture
timePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
typicalBuildingType apartment house
bank building
department store
exhibition building
urban palace
usedMaterial ceramic tiles
glass
reinforced concrete
steel
stucco

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Ruse hasArchitecturalStyle Secession architecture