Ornament as Architectural Code. Hungarian Secession on Geograffee

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This study focuses on Hungarian Secession as a movement within European Modernism, where ornamentation plays a key role in shaping architectural form. It examines its origins in folk decorative arts and its application in the works of Éden Lechner.

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p. 11 URL: https://www.zsolnay.hu/products/marvel-vase-star-flower (Accessed: March 24, 2026)

p. 15 URL: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O270985/snakeshead-furnishing-fabric-morris-william/ (Accessed: March 24, 2026)

p. 16 URL: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/195777 (Accessed: March 24, 2026)

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p. 18–19 URL: https://www.secession.at/en/building/ (Accessed: March 24, 2026)

p. 20–21 URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Secession_Building_detail.jpg (Accessed: March 24, 2026)

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p. 24–25 URL: https://www.casabatllo.es/en/antoni-gaudi/casa-batllo/ (Accessed: March 24, 2026)

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p. 44–45 URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Zsolnay_chimneys_Pecs.jpg (Accessed: March 24, 2026)

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p. 46–47 URL: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=zsolnay (Accessed: March 24, 2026)

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p. 48–49 URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Gyugyi_zsolnay_collection_3.jpg (Accessed: March 24, 2026)

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p. 52–53 URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Iparm%C5%B1v%C3%A9szeti_M%C3%BAzeum_facade.jpg (Accessed: March 24, 2026)

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p. 54–55 URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Iparm%C5%B1v%C3%A9szeti_M%C3%BAzeum_interior.jpg (Accessed: March 24, 2026)

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p. 55 URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Kalocsa_embroidery.jpg (Accessed: March 24, 2026)