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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Victor Horta, Henry van de Velde, Hendrik Beyaert, Jean-Baptiste Bethune, Henri Van Dievoet, Alphonse Balat, Renaat Braem, Gilles-Barnabe Guimard, Louis Herman De Koninck, Tilman-Francois Suys, Laurent-Benoit Dewez, Christine Conix, Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder, Julien De Smedt, Joseph Moutschen, Jean-Pierre Cluysenaer, Anthonis van Obbergen, Louis Delacenserie, Hans Hendrik van Paesschen, Joseph Poelaert, Andre Parmentier, Louis Roelandt, Victor Bourgeois, Fernand de Montigny, Gustave Strauven, Paul Hankar, Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, Christian Heinrich Nebbien, Louis Montoyer, Bernard de Walque, Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, Bob Van Reeth, Francis Bonaert, Deodat del Monte, Frans-Andries Durlet, Andre Waterkeyn, Pierre Bruno Bourla, List of Belgian architects, Matheus de Layens, Xaveer De Geyter, Jules Wabbes, Julio Dormal, Leon Suys, Paul Saintenoy, Jan van Ruysbroek, Jules Bilmeyer, Paul Neefs, Jacques du Broeucq, Lorenz van Steenwinckel, Jacob van Thienen, Henri Maquet, Joseph Bascourt, Paul Haesaerts, Lucien Kroll, Andre Verbeke, Jan Appelmans, Pieter Appelmans, Philippe Samyn. Excerpt: Victor, Baron Horta (6 January 1861 - 9 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hotel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that he is sometimes credited as the first to introduce the style to architecture from the decorative arts. The French architect Hector Guimard was deeply influenced by Horta and further spread the "whiplash" style in France and abroad. In rejecting historical styles and embracing new materials, Horta laid the foundations for modern architecture. In 1932 King Albert I of Belgium conferred on Horta...