#books #architecture | Motherland and progress : Hungarian architecture and design 1800-1900

Motherland and progress : Hungarian architecture and design 1800-1900 / József Sisa (ed.).
Birkhäuser, Basel : 2016.
996 p. : il. / Bibliogr.: pp. 889-940.
ISBN 9783035610093
Arquitectura -- Siglo XIX -- Hungría.
Diseño interior.
Urbanismo -- Hungría.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.035 MOT
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1870959~S1*spi

In the 19th century Hungary witnessed unprecedented social, economic and cultural development. The country became an equal partner within the Dual Monarchy when the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 was concluded. Architecture and all forms of design flourished as never before. A distinctly Central European taste emerged, in which the artistic presence of the German-speaking lands was augmented by the influence of France and England. As this process unfolded, attempts were made to find a uniquely Hungarian form, based on motifs borrowed from peasant art as well as real (or fictitious) historical antecedents. "Motherland and Progress" – the motto of 19th-century Hungarian reformers – reflected the programme embraced by the country in its drive to define its identity and shape its future.