Difference from Gothic Revival: Borrowing Plants, Not Churches

Two late 19th-century buildings juxtaposed. The Gothic Revival building borrows the vocabulary of medieval churches: pointed arch windows, buttresses, vertical bundles of lines, and spires, with lines rising straight upwards; the Art Nouveau building rejects any historical style, with lines directly inspired by plants and water: window openings are soft horseshoe shapes, railings are twisting vines, and eaves are like waves. Both oppose classicism but move in completely different directions. Avoid: the Art Nouveau building having pointed arches and spires, the Gothic Revival building having whiplash curves, both buildings using the same facade composition, mixing the two into an eclectic style.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

兩棟十九世紀末的建築並置。哥德復興那棟借用中世紀教堂的語彙:尖拱窗、扶壁、垂直的線束與尖塔,線條筆直向上;新藝術那棟拒絕任何歷史樣式,線條直接取自植物與水:窗洞是柔和的馬蹄形,欄杆是扭動的藤,屋簷像一片波浪。兩者都反對古典主義,卻走向完全不同的方向。避免:讓新藝術那棟出現尖拱與尖塔、讓哥德復興那棟出現鞭索曲線、兩棟使用相同的立面構成、把兩者混成一種折衷風格。