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The Old England department store was a large retailer in central Brussels, Belgium, partially housed in a notable Art Nouveau building constructed in 1899 by Paul Saintenoy out of girded steel and glass.
It is part of the Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH) and is internationally renowned for its collection of over 8,000 instruments. Since 2000, the museum has been located in the former Old England department store , built in 1899 by Paul Saintenoy out of girded steel and glass in Art Nouveau style, as well as the adjoining 18th-century ...
Horta and Hankar's buildings laid the groundwork for the widespread development of the style called Art Nouveau in Belgium and France. Horta's buildings in particular made free and conspicuous use of industrialised methods of construction, with steel frames and large-scale glass panels as infill, allowing for interiors to be bathed in light and ...
Our guide to Art Nouveau architecture explores the late 19th-century movement known for flowing lines and organic forms and how it influenced the culture.
The term Art Nouveau was first used in the 1880s in the Belgian journal L'Art Moderne to describe the work of Les Vingt, twenty painters and sculptors seeking reform through art. The name was popularized by the Maison de l'Art Nouveau ('House of the New Art'), an art gallery opened in Paris in 1895 by the Franco-German art dealer Siegfried Bing.
Old England (department store), a famous former retailer in central Brussels, Belgium; Old England (horse), a racehorse; Merry Old England "Old England", a song by The Waterboys on their album "This Is the Sea" Old England, an Art Nouveau building in Brussels housing the Musical Instrument Museum "The Roast Beef of Old England", a 1731 English ...
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