EN: Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that was most popular during 1890–1910. English uses the French name Art nouveau ("new art"), but the style has many different names in other countries. For example, it is Jugendstil in Germany, Floreale or Liberty in Italy (named by the London shop which sold designer goods from the movement "Arts and Crafts"), Modern Style in Britain, Modernissimo in Spain, and Coup de fuet or Velde style in Belgium. Art Deco is the later style born in USA, but in Croatia, the movement is known by its austrian name – “Secession”.
A reaction to academic art of the 19th century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, not only in flowers and plants, but also in curved lines. Architects tried to harmonize with the natural environment.
Few of the facades of art nouveau buildings in Zagreb have been restored, this one in Haulikova Street is one of them. Rather unknown (I haven’t known about it until recently), but not inferior at all to some other, much more famous, foreign buildings.
HR: Secesija (od njem. Sezession) ili Art Nouveau (francuski: nova umjetnost) je stilski pravac u umjetnosti koji se javio kao reakcija na akademizam i eklekticizam zadnjih desetljeća 19. stoljeća (francuski: fin-de-siècle – stil 1900.). Inspiriran prirodom, u arhitekturu, primijenjenu umjetnost, slikarstvo i kiparstvo unosi elegantnu profinjenost zakrivljenih i ornamentalnost plošnih linija (likovna umjetnost). On je želio uljepšati industrijsku proizvodnju, spojiti umjetnost i obrt, ukrasiti bezlične fasade zgrada …"
U pojedinim zemljama secesija se različito nazivala: u Francuskoj i Belgiji Art Nouveau, u Njemačkoj se zove Jugendstil, u Italiji Floreale ili Liberty (nazvan po londonskom dućanu koji je prodavao modernu dizajnerski robu proisteklu iz pokreta "Arts and Crafts"), u Velikoj Britaniji Modern Style, u Španjolskoj Modernismo, u Belgiji stil Coup de fuet ili Velde stil, u SAD-u je nastala kasnija inačica - Art Deco, a kod nas je poznatija pod Austrijskim nazivom – "Secesija" (odcjepljenje, osamostaljenje).
Nekoliko fasada secesijskih zgrada u Zagrebu je obnovljeno, ova u Haulikovoj je jedna od njih. Totalno je zanemarena (ja recimo uopće nisam znao za nju do nedavno), a ljepotom nimalo ne zaostaje za puno poznatijim stranim “originalima”.
