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Jean Lahor

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau gives a name to the decorative and architectural style developed in the 1880s and 1890s in the West. Born in reaction to the Industrial Revolution and to the creative vacuum it left behind, Art Nouveau was at the heart of a “renaissance” in the decorative arts. The primary objective of the movement was the creation of a new aesthetic of nature through a return to the study of natural subjects. In order to achieve this, artists such as Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Antoni Gaudí, Jan Toorop, and William Morris favoured innovation in technique and novelty of forms.
After its triumph at the Paris Universal Exposition in 1900, the trend continued and has inspired many artists ever since. Art Deco, the successor of Art Nouveau, appeared after World War II.
240 printed pages
Copyright owner
Parkstone International
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2023
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  • Viktoriya Dimitrovahas quoted3 years ago
    Art Nouveau sprang from a major movement in the decorative arts that first appeared in Western Europe in 1892, but its birth was not quite as spontaneous as is commonly believed. Decorative ornament and furniture underwent many changes between the waning of the Empire Style around 1815 and the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris celebrating the centennial of the French Revolution.
  • Viktoriya Dimitrovahas quoted3 years ago
    Around 1920: Art Nouveau gives way to a new style:

    Art Deco.
  • Bakhyt Kadyrovahas quoted3 years ago
    Woman’s Writing Desk and Chair
    Koloman Moser, 1903

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