Art Nouveau by Victor Horta (Brussels, Belgium — 1893) — Questions and answers
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What was a very special and new thing about the Hôtel Tassel?
Choices
- A) It was made of wood.
- B) It had hidden ironwork.
- C) It showed off its ironwork outside. ✓
- D) It was painted green.
Answer: C) It showed off its ironwork outside.
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What did Victor notice about the iron and glass in the Royal Greenhouses that made him wonder?
Choices
- A) It was very heavy and stuck to the ground.
- B) It looked like painted flowers.
- C) It mimicked the veins in a leaf, being strong yet delicate. ✓
- D) It was made of plastic instead of iron.
Answer: C) It mimicked the veins in a leaf, being strong yet delicate.
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What special secret did Victor learn from the kind baker, George?
Choices
- A) How to make the best bread in Brussels.
- B) How to activate secret doors using recipes. ✓
- C) How to paint beautiful pictures.
- D) How to build tall buildings.
Answer: B) How to activate secret doors using recipes.
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What did Horta realize when he saw Eugène Grasset's poster in Paris?
Choices
- A) That architecture should be very simple.
- B) That art should reject nature.
- C) That art must embrace nature. ✓
- D) That posters are not art.
Answer: C) That art must embrace nature.
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What special request did Émile Tassel have for Horta's house design?
Choices
- A) He wanted a house that looked exactly like others.
- B) He wanted a house that celebrated old traditions.
- C) He wanted a house that embraced the future and natural beauty. ✓
- D) He wanted a house with very simple, plain walls.
Answer: C) He wanted a house that embraced the future and natural beauty.
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What did Horta show other architects and designers with his Art Nouveau style?
Choices
- A) That architecture should always follow old traditions.
- B) That buildings should only be functional, not beautiful.
- C) That architecture can be both functional and beautiful. ✓
- D) That art is only found in paintings, not buildings.
Answer: C) That architecture can be both functional and beautiful.
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What did a young woman realize about Horta's work when looking at the staircase?
Choices
- A) That it was very traditional.
- B) That it started with the simple beauty of a flower. ✓
- C) That Horta only used very expensive materials.
- D) That no one else understood his ideas.
Answer: B) That it started with the simple beauty of a flower.
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