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~ Secessionist Ljubljana ~

At the turn of the 19th century, Ljubljana saw the appearance of a new architectural style, which was in Europe mainly referred to as Art Nouveau. Its Slovenian variant developed under the direct influence of Viennese Secession and contributed notably to the overall appearance of Ljubljana.
Ljubljana was the capital of the Austro Hungarian Province of Carniola, at the end of the 19th century having less than 30 000 inhabitants and being very rural in appearance. The turning point was the devastating earthquake which struck the town in 1895. After the huge earthquake, Ljubljana’s mayor, Ivan Hribar (mayor 1896 to 1910) spearheaded a large-scale rebuilding effort. Hribar gave key projects to Slavic architects, particularly the Bosnian Josip Vancaš and the Slovenes Cyril Metod Koch and Maks Fabiani. Fabiani in particular was quite influential in Ljubljana, though he lived and worked in Vienna. It was he who introduced the Austrian Secessionist style to the city, following the fashions of the Austrian capital. The image of Ljubljana started to change rapidly and the first echoes of the new Secessionist style in Ljubljana appeared.

Since 2006 Ljubljana is also a partner of the international Reseau Art Nouveau Network, which includes 14 european cities (Ålesund, Avignon, Barcelona, Reus, Terassa, Brussels, Buapest, Dunaj, Glasgow, Helsinki, Ljubljana, Nancy, Varese, Riga).

In following weeks I'm going to introduce secession art in capital of Slovenia and I'll be posting only pictures taken by me. Hope you'll enjoy!:)
 
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For the last one I've chosen to show Jakopič pavilion (Jakopičev paviljon), which today exists only on the old photographies. It was built by Maks Fabiani as the first town art exhibition pavilion, and it was the centre of Ljubljana's fine art until the year of 1960, when it was demolished due to moving the railway line on that area. There are still alive proposals for its reconstruction.




*from book Maks Fabiani: Dunaj - Ljubljana - Trst


That's all folks, I hope the photo walking tour through Art Nouveau Ljubljana was worth of your attention and you found it interesting! :cheers1:
 
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^^Heh, thanks for the compliment Struckar, but I'm really far far from being a pro.:) Much more skills needed, although I'm trying...

@Monolithic: Well, I like photographing and I like Art Nouveau, so I took it as a challenge to document as much of architecture of that style in Ljubljana as possible. So, it was meant more to be showcase of my pictures, but of course everyone who has some photos of it, this thread is open to.;)
 
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everyone who has some photos of it, this thread is open to.;)
But where is "everyone"? I created local Art Nouveau topic in Ukainian section, but now only I post messages to that topic... I think that is problem - this forum has little amount of active Art Nuoveau followers. I see that many peoples read topics regulary, and they taking information, but wasn't giving the same action.

he takes time
All people taking time.
 
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