Art Nouveau in Alcoy

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Casa del Pavo (Peacock house), work of Vicente Pascual Pastor Pao a la casa del Pavo d'Alcoi.JPG
Casa del Pavo (Peacock house), work of Vicente Pascual Pastor
Casa d'Escalo (Escalo house), work of Vicente Pascual Pastor Alcoy - Conservatorio de Musica y Danza Joan Canto 04.jpg
Casa d'Escaló (Escaló house), work of Vicente Pascual Pastor
Casa Laporta (Laporta house), work of Timoteo Briet Montaud Alcoy - Casa Laporta 1.jpg
Casa Laporta (Laporta house), work of Timoteo Briet Montaud
Library of the Circulo Industrial de Alcoy, work of Timoteo Briet Montaud Biblioteca del Cercle Industrial d'Alcoi.JPG
Library of the Circulo Industrial de Alcoy, work of Timoteo Briet Montaud
Roundabout hall in the Circulo Industrial de Alcoy Salo rotonda del Cercle Industrial d'Alcoi.JPG
Roundabout hall in the Circulo Industrial de Alcoy
Stained glass at the roundabout hall in the Circulo Industrial de Alcoy Vitrall del salo rotonda, Cercle Industrial d'Alcoi.JPG
Stained glass at the roundabout hall in the Circulo Industrial de Alcoy
Iron sculpture of a peacock at the Casa del Pavo (Peacock house), work of Vicente Pascual Pastor Alcoy - Casa del Pavo 4.jpg
Iron sculpture of a peacock at the Casa del Pavo (Peacock house), work of Vicente Pascual Pastor

Art Nouveau in Alcoy (Spanish : modernismo en Alcoy, Valencian : modernisme en Alcoi), as one of the main focuses of the Valencian Art Nouveau, is the historiographic denomination given to an art and literature movement associated with the Art Nouveau in Alcoy (Alicante), Valencian Community, in Spain.

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Its main form of expression was in architecture, but many other arts were involved (painting, sculpture, etc.), and especially the design and the decorative arts (cabinetmaking, carpentry, forged iron, ceramic tiles, ceramics, etc.), which were particularly important, especially in their role as support to architecture.

Although Art Nouveau was part of a general trend that emerged in Europe around the turn of the 20th century, in Alcoy the trend acquired its own unique personality in the context of spectacular urban and industrial development. It is equivalent to a number of other fin de siècle art movements going by the names of Art Nouveau in France and Belgium, Jugendstil in Germany, Sezession in Austria-Hungary, Liberty style in Italy and Modern or Glasgow Style in Scotland.

The Art Nouveau was active in Alcoy from roughly 1899 (art nouveau reform of the Glorieta Park in Alcoy) to 1915. The Modernisme movement in Alcoy is best known for its architectural expression, especially in the works of the architects Vicente Pascual Pastor and Timoteo Briet Montaud, but was also significant in sculpture and painting. Notable art nouveau painters from Alcoy include Fernando Cabrera Cantó, Francisco Laporta Valor, Emilio Sala, Adolfo Morrió, Edmundo Jordá and José Mataix Monllor. A notable art nouveau sculptor from Alcoy was Lorenzo Ridaura Gosálbez.

In the year 2010 Alcoy was included in the Art Nouveau European Route, [1] an association of local governments and non-governmental institutions for the international promotion and protection of Art Nouveau heritage.

Architecture

The main architects of the Art Nouveau movement in Alcoy were: [2]

They were not the only art nouveau architects who formed his stamp in Alcoy, but they are, undoubtedly, the main. On having been only two architects those who would realize the great majority of works of the Alcoy's art nouveau, it could seem that the relation of works are just a few. Both architects developed approximately sixty art nouveau constructions of all kind in Alcoy, which provides a precise enough idea of the special strength of the Alcoy's industrial bourgeois.

Both architects have in common his formation in Barcelona and the contemporary being to the architects of the Valencian Art Nouveau and the Catalan Modernisme, but also the two will exercise practically all his professional career in Alcoy, where the architectural art nouveau will receive special relevancy thanks to their art and their works.

Other local architects or engineers that have Art nouveau works in Alcoy are:

Art Nouveau buildings in Alcoy

Between the works of the Art Nouveau architecture in Alcoy stand out:

Art Nouveau industrial architecture

Between the works of the industrial architecture of Art Nouveau style in Alcoy stand out:

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References

  1. Alcoy in the Art Nouveau European Route
  2. Doménech Romá, Jorge (2010). Modernismo en Alcoy, su contexto histórico y los oficios artesanales. Editorial Aguaclara. p. 283. ISBN   978-84-613-8233-0.

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