Masterpiece from Oda Collection Vol.20 “Chairs by the Three Masters of Modern Architecture”

Until the 19th century, architecture was largely based on historical styles such as Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque, emphasizing ornamentation and tradition, and serving as symbols of authority. In the late 19th century, social change brought about by the Industrial Revolution, along with new technologies and materials, transformed architecture. Functionality and rationality gained importance, and beauty was sought in structure itself. From this context, modernist architecture emerged in the early 20th century. Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe carried its ideals beyond buildings into chair design, extending modern architectural thought into everyday life.