The Mackintosh House Glasgow City of Glasgow
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh House for an Art Lover in Glasgow
Visit to Charles Rennie Mackintosh House for an Art Lover in Glasgow
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh exhibition in Glasgow
Exteriors and interiors of: The Glasgow School of Art, Willow Tearooms, The Mackintosh House at the Hunterian Art Gallery; The Lighthouse, House for an Art Lover, Scotland Street School and Queen's Cross Church.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Art Nouveau Tea Rooms in Glasgow
I just joined my TV crew and our local guide, Colin Mairs, for our Scotland shoot. We’ll be here 18 days, filming three new shows for public television. Our first episode features Glasgow. And for architects, a big draw here is the Art Nouveau work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Here’s a look at a tea house he designed that makes for some tasty sightseeing. To give it context, here's the “on camera” we filmed for our show:
These tearooms, opened in 1903, are an Art Nouveau masterpiece by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Glasgow’s famous hometown architect gave this a spritely modern feel. Tearooms like the Mackintosh at the Willows were hugely popular during the industrial boom of the late 19th century.
During this age of Victorian morals, the temperance movement was trying to discourage the consumption of alcohol. Tearooms like this were designed with an agenda: to be an appealing alternative to eating in pubs.
In addition to giving office workers an alternative to pubs, these tearooms provided a place where women could gather while unescorted — in a time when being out alone could give a woman a less-than-desirable reputation.
Mackintosh Tower at The Lighthouse Glasgow
You can climb to the top of the Mackintosh Tower for great views of Glasgow.
House for an Art Lover di Glasgow (Scozia)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), famoso architetto, designer e artista nato a Glasgow (Scozia), è conosciuto in tutto il mondo per il suo stile innovativo e influente che contribuì a dare vita all'Art Nouveau europeo.
Nel 1901, Charles Rennie Mackintosh presenta il progetto della sua House for an Art Lover a un concorso organizzato da una rivista tedesca di design, ma la sua candidatura non viene presa in considerazione perché giunta in ritardo. Riceve comunque un premio speciale per il carattere degno di nota del progetto.
Dopo più di 60 anni dalla sua morte, artisti e artigiani si mettono all'opera e nel 1996 danno vita alla House for an Art Lover. Costruita nel parco di Bellahouston di Glasgow, la casa è una riproduzione fedele dello stile geniale di Mackintosh. Ogni sala è stata realizzata seguendo fedelmente i disegni originari dell'architetto.
Per Mackintosh lo spazio architettonico e l'arredamento erano un tutt'uno, da armonizzare attraverso luci e colori. Il suo principale obiettivo era rendere l'ambiente un'pera d'arte totale. Perciò la sua progettazione comprendeva ogni elemento che contribuiva a creare l'ambiente stesso: dall'architettura agli arredi, dalla carta da parati ai lampadari.
Alcuni dei mobili da lui progettati hanno riscosso un tale successo da essere ancora oggi in produzione.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Glasgow's Cultural Icon
Explore the life and designs of Glasgow's most beloved artist and architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Experience these pioneering designs for yourself and make your next stop Glasgow!
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- ... Finally I went to Hill House, a country villa designed by the Mackintoshes at Helensburgh which is about 40 mins by train outside Glasgow ...
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- Mackintosh's Hill House by Gleckelgirls from a blog titled Take Me Out
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Scottish Architect Hymne SCOTLAND
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 -- 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. He was a designer in the post impressionist movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom. He had considerable influence on European design. He was born in Glasgow and he died in London. Mackintosh lived most of his life in the city of Glasgow. Located on the banks of the River Clyde, during the Industrial Revolution, the city had one of the greatest production centres of heavy engineering and shipbuilding in the world. As the city grew and prospered, a faster response to the high demand for consumer goods and arts was necessary. Industrialized, mass-produced items started to gain popularity. Along with the Industrial Revolution, Asian style and emerging modernist ideas also influenced Mackintosh's designs. When the Japanese isolationist regime softened, they opened themselves to globalization resulting in notable Japanese influence around the world. Glasgow's link with the eastern country became particularly close with shipyards building at the River Clyde being exposed to Japanese navy and training engineers. Japanese design became more accessible and gained great popularity. In fact, it became so popular and so incessantly appropriated and reproduced by Western artists, that the Western World's fascination and preoccupation with Japanese art gave rise to the new term, Japonism or Japonisme.
This style was admired by Mackintosh because of: its restraint and economy of means rather than ostentatious accumulation; its simple forms and natural materials rather than elaboration and artifice; the use of texture and light and shadow rather than pattern and ornament. In the old western style, furniture was seen as ornament that displayed the wealth of its owner and the value of the piece was established according to the length of time spent creating it. In the Japanese arts furniture and design focused on the quality of the space, which was meant to evoke a calming and organic feeling to the interior. At the same time a new philosophy concerned with creating functional and practical design was emerging throughout Europe: the so-called modernist ideas. The main concept of the Modernist movement was to develop innovative ideas and new technology: design concerned with the present and the future, rather than with history and tradition. Heavy ornamentation and inherited styles were discarded. Even though Mackintosh became known as the 'pioneer' of the movement, his designs were far removed from the bleak utilitarianism of Modernism. His concern was to build around the needs of people: people seen, not as masses, but as individuals who needed not a machine for living in but a work of art. Mackintosh took his inspiration from his Scottish upbringing and blended them with the flourish of Art Nouveau and the simplicity of Japanese forms.
The Glasgow School of Art - Mackintosh Building
It was founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design. In 1853, it changed its name to The Glasgow School of Art. Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 -- 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom and he designed the Mackintosh Building that won many awards.
The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Style
We take a closer look at the artistic style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, including his focus on nature and the architectural qualities of light, volume and space.
Glasgow's Tenement House
It’s day 82 of my 100-day trip to Europe, and I'm in Glasgow, revisiting a great, if offbeat, museum. Something I love about my work: I get the joy of reviewing lots of sights and choosing which ones make it into the guidebook and TV show. While heavily advertised commercial gimmicks like wax museums, torture dungeons, and brewery tours attract hordes of tourists, other sights that take you back in time and connect you intimately with a bygone lifestyle get only a few thoughtful travelers. Some of my highly recommended sights — like the Tenement House in Glasgow (see my description below, excerpted from my Scotland guidebook) — may make people say “Huh!?” But they're the sights that might just make your day.
I also love the similar museums in Copenhagen (the National Museum’s Victorian Apartment), in England’s Cotswolds (the Earl of Wemyss’ Stanway House), and in Paris (Jacquemart-André Museum).
Which lesser-known sights in Europe have given you that fun, intimate, time-warp experience?
Tenement House
Here’s a chance to drop into a perfectly preserved 1930s-era middle-class residence. The National Trust for Scotland bought this otherwise ordinary row home, located in a residential neighborhood, because of the peculiar tendencies of Miss Agnes Toward (1886-1975). For five decades, she kept her home essentially unchanged. The kitchen calendar is still set to 1935, and canisters of licorice powder (a laxative) still sit on the bathroom shelf. It’s a time-warp experience, where Glaswegian old-timers enjoy coming to reminisce about how they grew up.
Ring the doorbell to be let in. Explore the four little rooms. Imagine a world without electricity (Miss Toward was a late adapter, making the leap to electricity only in 1960). Ask about the utility of the iron stove. Ponder the importance of that drawer full of coal and how that stove heated her entire world. Ask why the bed is in the kitchen. As you look through the rooms laced with Victorian trinkets — such as the ceramic dogs on the living room’s fireplace mantle — consider how different they are from Mackintosh’s stark, minimalist designs from the same period
Cost and Hours: £6.50, April-Oct daily 13:00-17:00, July-Aug from 11:00, closed Nov-March.
Mackintosh Room, Kelvingrove, Glasgow
Designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret MacDonald
MACKINTOSH AND THE GLASGOW STYLE
A video of the Glasgow Style in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.The main man featured is Charles Rennie Mackintosh. I love his style.
He designed some beautiful buildings including the Glasgow Art College and the Hill House in Helensburgh.
Filmed 2nd September 2011
Video by myclydebankphotos.co.uk
Charles Rennie Mackintosh House :: The Story ::: 78 Derngate
Enjoy this short fun and informative video about 78 Derngate, an award-winning historic house set in the heart of Northampton. The ONLY house in England designed by the great Charles Rennie Mackintosh, commissioned by the model toy maker W.J.Bassett Lowke .
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Exclusive Charles Rennie MacIntosh tour Glasgow Scotland
- Paul Ward provides a guided tour of some of the most iconic buildings in Britain as he follows the trail of World famous architect, Charles Rennie MacIntosh, in his home city of Glasgow
Scotland Part 1 - Glasgow and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.mpg
This is the first in a 17-part series of a cycling trip that my husband Kevin and I took through some small towns in Scotland. We also visited Glasgow, Edinburgh, and St. Andrews, and sailed back home on the Queen Mary 2.
The Lighthouse Glasgow view from the top Charles Rennie Macintosh
Worth a visit to the top! Sep 2015
House for an Art Lover - Charles Rennie Mackintosh
A tour of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh House that was never built........that is until recently. Lots of splendid Arts and Crafts interiors, with plenty of beautiful furniture, blacksmithing and stained glass. It really is a House for and Art Lover - I hope you enjoy the tour. Regards Harry
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Glasgow Four) - Design & Architecture - I
Glasgow School:
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Glasgow, 7 June 1868 -- London, 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, watercolourist and artist.
Whilst apprenticed to the architect John Hutchinson, he began attending evening classes in architecture at Glasgow School of Art, where he won many prizes and a travelling scholarship to Italy, France and Belgium. On his return to Glasgow, he met the two sisters Frances and Margaret MacDonald, and together with Herbert MacNair, they formed the Glasgow Four group. The group created a specifically Scottish variant of European Art Nouveau.
He was, quite literally, a comet streaking across the Glasgow horizon for ten years. By the end of the first decade of the twentieth century the fire had burned out and Mackintosh was well on his way to becoming an embittered man. In 1914 his association with Honeyman and Keppie was dissolved and soon thereafter he and Margaret left Glasgow and moved to England where they lived for the next eight years and where little work came his way. In 1923 the Mackintoshes took a long holiday in southern France and made the decision to stay. For the next five years Mackintosh painted masterful watercolors of the French countryside. Little is known of Margaret's activities during this period. On December 10, 1928 soon after being diagnosed with throat cancer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh passed away. Margaret wandered Europe and in 1932 she returned to Chelsea, England where she died on January 7, 1933.
Part I:
Glasgow School Of Art-1897-1907
The Willow Tea Rooms 1897-1903
120 Mains Street, Glasgow, 1900
6 Florentine Terrace later renamed: 78 South Park Avenue, Glasgow-1906-1914
Ed Alleyne-Johnson: Without You and Thank You
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23 May 2014: Terrible day - Glasgow School of Art fire.
The world famous Glasgow School of Art has suffered devasting damage after a fire ripped through the listed Charles Rennie Mackintosh building.
Firefighters are still struggling to control the blaze, which appeared to have started in the basement of the building shortly after midday. Eye witnesses feared that the whole west wing of the old building has been lost, including the irreplaceable Mackintosh library and the Hen Run, a famous corridor running along the roof which linked the west and east wing.
The school was completed in 1909 and is considered by many to be Mackintosh's masterwork.