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NATIONAL SYLISTIC ASPIRATIONS because the mode of living and the system of governance was similar; on the other hand, Lechner argued that Austrian Art Nouveau applied Assyrian motifs without any reference to “national or folk characteristics”.”* The fact that Wagner was not interested in folk architecture was explained by the lack of Austrian identity par excellence.” The diverting intentions of the two architects could only be harmonized by Istvan Medgyaszay who finished his studies in the master school of Otto Wagner. He was both the first to apply ferroconcrete in Hungary as well as the one to follow the national language of architectural design considering his research tour of Kalotaszeg with reference to the traditional ornamentation with its symbolic architecture of timber work.” The houses of the artist community of Goddll6 and the theatre of Veszprém city well represent the mentioned characteristics. Medgyaszay, Istvan: Theatre of Veszprém, 1908. 24 Akos Moravanszky: Epitészet... 1988, 144. For German initiatives there were some signs of the impact of folk art even in Austria. The Viennese representative of Heimatkunst (Heimat=homeland), Joseph August Lux, emphasizing a local and regional basis against technical development and urbanization published articles about the “open earnestness” of the cottage and its “charming coziness”, also establishing the journal of the movement titled Hohe Warte (High-altitude Sentinel Post). 26 Katalin Keserü: A szäzadfordulö..., 2007, 207. ° 455 +