1/ The nicest photo thread you will see today on Twitter. The "Black Eagle Palace" from 1909 is an ensemble of buildings in Hungarian Art Nouveau style in Oradea, #Romania. Designed by Hungarian architects Komor Marcell and Jakab Dezső.
📸 Oradea Heritage
2/ Art Nouveau "Black Eagle Palace" from 1909 in Oradea, Romania. Designed by Hungarian architects Komor Marcell and Jakab Dezső.
📸 Oradea Heritage
3/ Art Nouveau "Black Eagle Palace" from 1909 in Oradea, Romania. Designed by Hungarian architects Komor Marcell and Jakab Dezső.
📸 Oradea Heritage
4/ Art Nouveau "Black Eagle Palace" from 1909 in Oradea, Romania. Designed by Hungarian architects Komor Marcell and Jakab Dezső.
📸 Oradea Heritage
5/ Art Nouveau "Black Eagle Palace" from 1909 in Oradea, Romania. Designed by Hungarian architects Komor Marcell and Jakab Dezső.
📸 Oradea Heritage
6/ Art Nouveau "Black Eagle Palace" from 1909 in Oradea, Romania. Designed by Hungarian architects Komor Marcell and Jakab Dezső.
📸 Oradea Heritage
7/ Art Nouveau "Black Eagle Palace" from 1909 in Oradea, Romania. Designed by Hungarian architects Komor Marcell and Jakab Dezső.
📸 Oradea Heritage
8/ If you can, do visit Oradea in Romania. Beautiful center, many Art Nouveau buildings. Until 1919 Oradea was part of Austria-Hungary (Hungarian name: Nagyvárad) where Art Nouveau (Secession) played important role. Here nice article on Black Eagle Palace: oradeaheritage.ro/black-eagle-pa…
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The Art Deco "Paramount Theatre" from 1931 is a concert hall in Oakland, USA. It was designed by American architect Timothy Ludwig Pflueger (1892-1946).
The Art Nouveau courtyard from 1906 in Budapest was recently renovated. This is how it looks now, photo by @Christolien94. (And don't worry folks, it might now all seem a bit too new and too white, just wait a couple of years and it will look "authentic" again).
OMG. The best kept Art Nouveau theater in the United States is this one: The New Amsterdam Theatre in NYC built 1902-1903. It was designed by the architecture firm Hertz and Tallant. It is the oldest operating Broadway theater.
📸 Evergreen Architectural Arts
The Art Nouveau "New Amsterdam Theatre" from 1902-1903 in New York City was fully renovated in 1997 by its new owner Disney. Pics before and after the restoration. 😬
📸 Evergreen Architectural Arts
Here two more 'before' and 'after' pics. Clearly this theater was saved moments before it would have collapsed. Excellent job!
The wonderful Art Deco "Egyptian Theatre" from 1929, DeKalb, Illinois, U.S. After the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 in Egypt, there were over 100 theatres in the U.S. in "Egyptian style". Now only six remain.
1/ Austrian artist & graphic designer Koloman Moser (1868-1918) was one of the main artists of the Vienna Secession.
In this portfolio (Flachenschmuck) from 1900 he presented 31 wonderful designs for carpets, wallpaper etc. Here 1st 4 of these plates. Remaining plates in thread:
2/ Koloman Moser. Plates 5-8 from the year 1900. #ViennaSecession