Art Nouveau in Ireland?
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What examples of art nouveau architecture can be seen in ireland today? I know there’s an example above the dorothy perkins(i think its dorothy perkins!) shop in belfast but does anyone know of any else?
I wrote an essay about the portrayal of Art Nouveau women in second year at college and since then i’ve been hooked. I’ve seen beautiful examples of the architecture and drawings etc… in Prague and visited the mackintosh’s exhibitions in glasgow (still a lot more to visit, i know, i’ll get there) but is there any fine examples here at home?
And if no is that because we were oblivious to the art nouveau revolution that took place?
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Bumped because I’m curious myself.
There was a very beautiful art nouveau style lamp at the Ilac centre, which featured fish and fruit. It appears to have disappeared as that quadrant on the Moore Street/Parnell Street junction is being redeveloped. I’m hoping it will be saved because it wouldn’t have been listed.
I can hardly think of anything else that could definitely be ascribed in this category in Dublin at least. -
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Whereas the buildings themselves are pretty standard Victorian affairs, (although perhaps elements of Arts & Crafts in there) many of the terracotta plaques and decorative friezes etc are largely Art Nouveau. They make use of a lot of interesting flowing forms like foliage which are well worth a look.
A barely noticable Art Nouveau feature, largely because it is in itself barely Art Nouveau, in central Dublin is the railings to the rear of Leinster House that abuts onto Government Buildings.
Although they look Victorian (the granite plinth may be) they actually date from around 1922, and feature some elegant foliage forms in various places that could be loosely termed Art Nouveau.
I remember Lisa Godson wrote a piece about them in the Sunday Times a few years ago and she perfectly highlighted the difference between these railings and the more formal classical design of the Govt Bldgs/College of Science screen railings, which while restrained and classical have a distinctive modern twist to them.I think these railings are exquisite – the streamlined modern details of the little oval hoops contrasts so well with the railings’ overall classical profile and the little urns atop. And from a distance the vertical rows of hoops look like an intricate lattice-work which makes them all the more beautiful. By far the best railings in Dublin I think.
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