-
tecapanv
| .
|
Junior Member
- Group
- Member
- Posts
- 51
- Status
- Offline
|
|
I guess you can like a city because of its Art Nouveau, but that’s not the case with Budapest, for me. It worked the other way around: I like Art Nouveau, because of Budapest. Before than moving here in 2008, I didn’t know that buildings could try to imitate nature or reproduce female sensuality.
In Hungary, this style takes the name of Secession (Szecesszió), as it’s a result of a strong need of independence and a way to express the national identity of Hungarians, within the Empire dominated by the Habsburg.
When I arrived in Budapest I was a 20 years old Erasmus student equipped with a basic travel guide book. The book was suggesting a three hours itinerary of Secessionist Budapest. I had no idea what Secessionist meant, but I followed the tips and discovered a world.
|
|
|
| .
|
1 replies since 19/5/2020, 19:15 29 views
.