History PART B
History PART B
History PART B
CRYSTAL PALACE
Expo universelle ( paris )
The use of exposed red brick for the exterior both gave the house its name
and reveals the innate beauty of the construction materials. Morris and
Webb valued the specific beauty of natural materials, which they saw as
far superior to and healthier than industrially produced materials. Red
House is L-shaped, with the rooms laid out for maximum efficiency and
clarity. The L-shaped plan also allows the house to embrace the gardens
as a part of the domestic sphere, as well as creates an asymmetry that is
typical of traditional Gothic structures that were built over long periods of
time. The concept of an integral whole extended to the interior design as
well. Webb, Morris, his wife, Jane, and the painter Edward Burne-Jones all
worked together to design everything in the home, from the wallpaper to
the stained-glass windows to the built-in cabinets and furniture, so that
all celebrated the beauty of nature and the medieval guild ideal.
The house is entered through a large wooden door that leads to a
rectangular hallway. A settle Morris decorated with illustrations from the
medieval German epic Niebelungenlied is to the right. The hallway is filled
with light from the stained-glass windows. The dining room to the right
contains the original hutch designed by Philip Webb, which has Gothic
trefoil motifs and is painted in “dragon’s blood” (a deep red-brown favored
by Arts and Crafts practitioners). The original rustic dining room table
remains, along with the decorative arch in the brickwork around the
fireplace.
CASA BATLLO
Explain any 2 works in vienne secession movement – secession
building , palais stodet