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Victor Horta, an Uncommon card
Victor Pierre Horta was a Belgian architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Victor Horta quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Victor Horta card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is also considered a precursor of modern architecture for his open floor plans and his ______ use of iron, steel and glass.
Answer
innovative. He is also considered a precursor of modern architecture for his open floor plans and his innovative use of iron, steel and glass. From the Victor Horta article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Mitch Evans. Mitch Evans 83 · Charlotte Perrelli 77 · Victor Horta 74 · Tim Hetherington 71 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was a fervent admirer of the French architectural theorist Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels, often considered the first Art Nouveau house, is based on the work of Viollet-le-Duc.
- The curving stylized vegetal forms that Horta used in turn influenced many others, including the French architect Hector Guimard, who used it in the first Art Nouveau apartment building he designed in Paris and in the entrances he designed for the Paris Metro.
- He is also considered a precursor of modern architecture for his open floor plans and his innovative use of iron, steel and glass.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Victor Horta article was read about 34,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Victor Horta
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Victor Horta in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Charlotte PerrelliUncommon · Arts · ATK 77 DEF 72
- Ruud LubbersUncommon · History · ATK 75 DEF 74
- Somali National ArmyUncommon · History · ATK 74 DEF 75
- Mitch EvansUncommon · Society · ATK 83 DEF 66
- Elizabeth Gurley FlynnUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 77
- Graeme PollockUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 76
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Victor Horta (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gustave Deltour, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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