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Decorative Art Nouveau Façade with Allegorical Bas-Reliefs

#5855. Decorative Art Nouveau Façade with Allegorical Bas-Reliefs

The photograph captures an expressive fragment of a building façade in the Art Nouveau or Secession style with rich sculptural decoration. The architectural composition presents a wall bas-relief placed between two window openings. The sculptural design is executed in the characteristic fluid manner of Art Nouveau, depicting allegorical figures.

The façade is framed by classical white elements — pilasters and cornices, creating a contrast with the artistic relief. The central part of the bas-relief contains three main figures: on the left — a dancing figure in flowing garments, in the center — a standing figure with drapery, and on the right — a massive male figure. The color palette of the relief is executed in warm ochre, blue, and reddish tones, giving the composition a painterly character.

The window openings have a traditional rectangular shape with wooden frames in brown color, divided into sections. This combination of functional elements with decorative design is characteristic of architecture from the late 19th to early 20th century, when utilitarian components of buildings became part of the artistic concept.

The entire composition is an excellent example of the integration of fine art into architecture, where the sculptural relief not only decorates the façade but becomes its semantic and aesthetic center, transforming an ordinary wall into a work of art.

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