Art Nouveau Architecture

Art Noveau Architecture is characterized by long, straight lines, smooth corners, and bits of natural ornamentation. In Budapest this style of architecture is very easy to spot once you see what to look for. Dr. Jones pointed out a few examples to get us started and then assigned us to look for various instances on our own.

I chose two buildings in two parts of town-- both have tall vertical elements, a few curved elements, and different types of decorative elements. I'm going to stick in some photographs so you can see what I'm talking about, and compare and contrast the Art Nouveau elements under each.

curved archways
long, straight lines of brick
wreath-like accents
floral accents behind each balcony

horizontal and vertical lines
detail of fruits, leaves, and scrolls
curves along the ledges

These two buildings look different, but the similarities in style mark them both as Art Nouveau. After learning about Art Nouveau architecture, it's easy to see pretty much everywhere. Later in our trip we visited this church in Bratislava, Slovakia which was also designed after the Art Nouveau style.