Unknown Florence
Casa Galleria Vichi - year 1911
Balcony
Borgo Ognissanti, 26, Florence
architect: Giovanni Michelazzi
florentine art nouveau
Florence is not only synonymous with the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Its streets hide other equally valuable treasures that no one expects to find, as samples of the Liberty style, the Florentine art nouveau of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is quite a decorative style in wrought iron, with floral and animal motifs, linear and curved forms. The Liberty patterns found opposition, hostility and criticism in Florence, as it was believed that these buildings broke the architectural uniformity of the city.
The pressure was such that the authorities of the time prohibited this style in the oldest centre. Giovanni Michelazzi designed most of these buildings. He was the highest representative of the Liberty Fiorentino who opposed the local ban by wielding freedom of expression. With his death in 1920, such architectural style was interrupted in Florence
Unknown Florence
Casa Galleria Vichi - year 1911
Balcony
Borgo Ognissanti, 26, Florence
architect: Giovanni Michelazzi
florentine art nouveau
Florence is not only synonymous with the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Its streets hide other equally valuable treasures that no one expects to find, as samples of the Liberty style, the Florentine art nouveau of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is quite a decorative style in wrought iron, with floral and animal motifs, linear and curved forms. The Liberty patterns found opposition, hostility and criticism in Florence, as it was believed that these buildings broke the architectural uniformity of the city.
The pressure was such that the authorities of the time prohibited this style in the oldest centre. Giovanni Michelazzi designed most of these buildings. He was the highest representative of the Liberty Fiorentino who opposed the local ban by wielding freedom of expression. With his death in 1920, such architectural style was interrupted in Florence