Motherland and Progress: Hungarian Architecture and Design 1800–1900

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
The Historical Background (KS)......Page 16
Nineteenth-Century Art and Periodisation in Hungarian Art Historiography (KS)......Page 26
A Brief History of Research into Nineteenth-Century Hungarian Architecture and Applied Arts (JS–ÁP)......Page 40
Part One. Neo-Classicism (1800–1840)......Page 52
The Architectural Profession and Its Principal Actors – The Architectural Style (JS)......Page 54
Urban Planning in Pest, and the Beautification Committee (GW)......Page 65
The Chain Bridge (JS)......Page 75
Public and Civic Buildings (JS)......Page 79
The City Theatre (German Theatre) and the Vigadó Concert Hall (JS)......Page 87
The Hungarian National Museum (JS)......Page 91
Domestic Architecture (GGyP)......Page 96
Urban Architecture (GW)......Page 110
County Halls and City Halls (JS)......Page 116
The County Hall in Szekszárd (JS)......Page 122
Church Schools, Libraries and Abbeys (JS)......Page 125
The Calvinist Great College in Sárospatak (JS)......Page 128
The Benedictine Archabbey in Pannonhalma (JS)......Page 130
Buildings with Civic or Utilitarian Functions (JS)......Page 133
Domestic Architecture (JS)......Page 143
Bathing Resorts (JS)......Page 149
Balatonfüred (JS)......Page 154
Cathedrals (JS)......Page 157
Esztergom Cathedral (JS)......Page 160
Eger Cathedral (JS)......Page 164
Parish Churches, Chapels and Mausoleums (JS)......Page 167
Protestant Church Architecture (IB)......Page 175
Protestant Churches after the Patent of Toleration (IB)......Page 176
Atypical Churches (IB)......Page 181
Characteristics of Non-Catholic Architecture (IB)......Page 185
Achievements in Church-Building after the Patent of Toleration (IB)......Page 189
The Great Reformed Church in Debrecen (JS)......Page 192
Synagogues (JS)......Page 196
Country House Architecture (JS)......Page 199
Style, Configuration and Massing (JS)......Page 200
Ground Plan, Function and Interior (JS)......Page 208
The Habsburg Palace in Alcsút (JS)......Page 212
Keglevich Mansion in Kistapolcsány (JS)......Page 215
Gardens and Parks (JS)......Page 219
Changes Taking Place after the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century (PRo)......Page 226
The Crisis in the Cabinetmakers’ Guilds (PRo)......Page 227
The Mediation of Style (PRo)......Page 230
The Wider Role Played by Carpenters from Pest-Buda (PRo)......Page 234
Changes in the Style of Furniture (PRo)......Page 235
Material Culture (GB)......Page 245
Part Two. Romanticism (1840–1870)......Page 262
The Functions of Architecture and the Search for Style (JS)......Page 264
Building Practices, Architectural Training and the Theory and History of Architecture (JS)......Page 269
Efforts made towards Constructing a Parliament Building (JS)......Page 277
The House of Representatives (JS)......Page 281
Other Secular Public Buildings (JS)......Page 283
The Vigadó Concert Hall in Pest (DK)......Page 301
The Palace of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (JS)......Page 308
Catholic Churches (JS)......Page 316
The Parish Church in Fót (PF)......Page 323
Protestant Churches (JS)......Page 328
Synagogues (JS)......Page 331
The Great Synagogue on Dohány Street in Pest (DK)......Page 334
Monuments and Similar Structures (JS)......Page 339
Apartment Blocks, Urban Palaces and Workers’ Estates (JS)......Page 343
Country Houses (JS)......Page 355
Zichy-Ferraris Mansion in Oroszvár (JS)......Page 365
Erdody Mansion in Vörösvár (JS)......Page 368
Villas (JS)......Page 371
Other Buildings (JS)......Page 375
Parks and Gardens (JS)......Page 385
Iron Structures, Metal Railings and the Associated Disciplines (JS)......Page 389
Early Monument Restoration (JS)......Page 394
Fine Furniture and Interior Design (HH)......Page 401
Material Culture (ÁP)......Page 410
Part Three. Historicism (1870–1900)......Page 422
The Architectural Scene and its Main Actors (JS)......Page 424
The Question of Architectural Style (JS)......Page 432
The Hungarian Royal Joseph Technical University and the State High School for Industry (JS)......Page 443
Hungarian Architects Studying Abroad (JS)......Page 446
Education in the Applied Arts (ÁP)......Page 451
Architectural Periodicals (JS)......Page 453
Applied Arts Periodicals (ÁP)......Page 456
Architectural Libraries and Book Collections (JS)......Page 458
Architects’ Associations (JS)......Page 460
The Society of Applied Arts, Specialist Museums and Pattern Books (ÁP)......Page 461
Public Buildings for the State (JS)......Page 465
Ministries and Government Offices (JS)......Page 466
The Main Customs House (JS)......Page 475
Buildings for Education (JS)......Page 478
The University Library (JS)......Page 487
Museums and Exhibition Spaces (JS)......Page 490
Hospitals and Barracks (JS)......Page 492
Roman Catholic Churches (GGyP)......Page 496
Saint Stephen’s Basilica (JS)......Page 514
Erzsébetváros Parish Church (JS)......Page 522
Protestant Churches (ER)......Page 528
The Calvinist Church on Szilágyi Dezso Square (ER)......Page 535
Synagogues (JS)......Page 538
Mausoleums (GGyP)......Page 543
The Kossuth Mausoleum (GGyP)......Page 552
The Start of the Institutional System (PL)......Page 556
Conservation Tasks (PL)......Page 558
The Church of Our Lady in Buda Castle (PL)......Page 568
Pécs Cathedral (PL)......Page 572
City Planning (GW)......Page 575
The Radial Avenue (Andrássy Avenue) (GW)......Page 591
Public Parks (JS)......Page 596
Bridges (JR)......Page 604
City Halls and County Halls (JS)......Page 610
Kecskemét City Hall (JS)......Page 616
Theatres, Assembly Rooms and Casinos (JS)......Page 619
The Opera House (JS)......Page 628
Hotels and Spas (JS)......Page 634
Industrial Buildings and Halls (JR)......Page 638
The Central Market Hall (JR)......Page 653
The Western Railway Station (JR)......Page 656
The Eastern Railway Station (JR)......Page 659
Tenement Palaces and Apartment Blocks (JS)......Page 662
Multifunctional Residential Properties (JS)......Page 670
Private Palaces (JS)......Page 674
Wenckheim Palace in Budapest (JS)......Page 682
Workers’ Homes, Family Houses and Housing Estates (JS)......Page 685
Villas (PR)......Page 693
Country Houses and their Parks (JS)......Page 698
Nádasdy Mansion in Nádasdladány (JS)......Page 714
Festetics Mansion in Keszthely (JS)......Page 717
Pálffy Castle in Bajmóc (JS)......Page 721
Architecture and the Associated Arts (JR)......Page 725
Furniture and Interior Design (HH)......Page 741
Material Culture (ÁP)......Page 760
The Millennium Buildings (JS)......Page 777
Antecedent: The National Exhibition of 1885 (JS)......Page 782
The Millennium Exhibition of 1896 (JS)......Page 785
The Parliament Building (JS)......Page 793
The Millennium Monument, the Hall of Arts and the Museum of Fine Arts (JS)......Page 803
The Fishermen’s Bastion (JS)......Page 807
The Curia (Supreme Court) (JS)......Page 810
The Royal Palace in Buda (PF)......Page 813
The Museum of Applied Arts (JS)......Page 822
New Phenomena and Alternatives to Historicism – The Beginnings of the Secession (JS)......Page 828
Introduction......Page 840
Part One......Page 852
Part Two......Page 861
Part Three......Page 866
Bibliography......Page 890
Picture Credits......Page 942
Name Index......Page 956
Place Index......Page 970