Research Paper on:
Architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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Le Corbusier" (Meisler, 1997, p. 44). In 1994, a writing desk created by Mackintosh sold at auction in London for the astounding price of 793,500 pounds, which set a record  for a piece of twentieth century furniture (Meisler, 1997). As this suggests, Mackintosh was an innovator of extraordinary talent. Mackintoshs architecture, according to many critics, exemplifies the Art  Nouveau period in Great Britain. Art Nouveau refers to a style of decoration and architecture that was developed and popular during the 1880s and 1890s. The term derives from the  Maison de lArt Nouveau, an interior design gallery, which opened in Paris in 1896 (Anonymous, 2002). This writer/tutor could not find reference to "Gustaf Clint," as per  the assignment instructions. However, Gustav Klimt was part of the Art Nouveau movement in Vienna, along with architects, Wagner, Hoffman, and Obbrich (Anonymous, 2002). Their participation in promoting this new  aesthetic appears to be the only connection between these two men. But while Klimt may have not had a direct influence on Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald certainly did have an  enormous influence over Mackintoshs work. Macdonald along with her sister was part of an artistic group who liked to refer to themselves as "the immortals." The "Glasgow 4" influenced Mackintoshs  work, but not nearly to the extent that hie was influenced by his wife. In fact, the influence of Macdonald, whom Mackintosh married, was so great that some early  critics dismissed the "curvaceous, symbolic side" of Mackintoshs work as simply the "ruinous" influence of his wife (Meisler, 1997, p. 44). While Macdonalds influence is recognized as vital to Mackintoshs  work, todays critics see it as beneficial. Mackintoshs architecture creates situations in which there is a balance between "darkness and light, line and curve, abstraction and sensuality, function and