National Romantic style
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The National Romantic style was a Nordic architectural style that was part of the National Romantic movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is often considered to be a form of Art Nouveau.
The National Romantic style spread across the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland; the Baltic countries of Estonia and Latvia, as well as Russia, where it also appeared as Russian Revival architecture. Unlike some nostalgic Gothic Revival style architecture in some countries, Romantic architecture often expressed progressive social and political ideals, through reformed domestic architecture.[1]
Designers turned to early medieval architecture and even prehistoric precedents to construct a style appropriate to the perceived character of people. The style can be seen as a reaction to industrialism and an expression of the same "Dream of the North" nationalism that gave impetus to renewed interest in the eddas and sagas.
Examples[]
- Bergen Station (Bergen stasjon) (1913, Norway)
- Copenhagen City Hall (Københavns Rådhus) (1905, Denmark)
- [de] (Königlich-Sächsisches Landgericht) (1902, Germany)
- Finnish National Theatre (Suomen Kansallisteatteri) (1902, Finland)
- Frogner Church (Frogner kirke) (1907, Norway)
- Holdre Manor (Holdre mõis) (1910, Estonia)
- National Museum of Finland (Suomen Kansallismuseo) (1905, Finland)
- Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norges tekniske høgskole) (1910, Norway)
- Pohjola Insurance building (1901, Finland)
- Polytechnic Students' Union or Sampo Building (1903, Finland)
- Röhss Museum (Röhsska konstslöjdsmuseet) (1916, Sweden)
- Stockholm City Hall (Stockholms stadshus) (1923, Sweden)
- Stockholm Court House (Stockholms Rådhus) (1915, Sweden)
- Taagepera Castle (Taagepera mõis) (1912, Estonia)
- Tarvaspää, (1913, Finland) the house and studio built for himself by Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela
- Tolstoy House (Толстовский дом) (1912, Russia)
- Church of the Epiphany (Uppenbarelsekyrkan) (1913, Sweden)
- Vålerenga Church (Vålerenga kirke) (1902, Norway)
- ( [ca]) (1932, Barcelona)
Gallery[]
Finland[]
Detail of Finnish National Theatre facade
Nylands Nation, Student Nation of Helsinki University
Hollola Municipal House
Alexanterinkatu Facade of Pohjola Insurance building, 1901.
Kallio Church, Helsinki
Hvittorp (near Kirkkonummi). Built by Saarinen, Gesellius, and Lindgren for Robert Westerlund
Nilsiä Church, Northern Savonia
Estonia[]
Holdre Manor
Denmark[]
Russia[]
Kapustin house
Putilova house (The Owl House)
Melzer Revenue house
Traynin hoyse
Basseynaya Community of Apartment Owners buildings
Bernstein house
Basser house
Zazersky house
Markozov house
Barsova house
Sagalov house
Schmidt house
House of the Latvian Church
Bazhanov house
Vollenweider house
Shcherbov Estate Museum
[ru]
Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Barbara Miller Lane, National Romanticism and Modern Architecture in Germany and the Scandinavian Countries (New York: Cambridge University Press), 2000:10.
External links[]
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