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Art Nouveau
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staircase in the Hôtel Tassel Aubrey Beardsley illustration in black and white showing a knight in armor watching a hand emerge from a lake holding Excalibur, with ornate Art Nouveau floral borders. Britannica's Guide to Art Movements Charles Rennie Mackintosh: painted oak cabinet with colored glass Alphonse Mucha: Zodiac Georges Fouquet: Art Nouveau jewelry Distant view of Antoni Gaudi's Casa Mila, also known as La Pedrera, with its undulating stone facade and wrought iron balconies, seen across a busy intersection in Barcelona. Casa Milá, Barcelona, by Antoni Gaudí, 1905–10. Art Nouveau initial Tiffany lamp
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“The Whiplash,” Art Nouveau tapestry by Hermann Obrist, silk embroidered on wool, 1895; in the Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich
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Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
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Drawing by Edward Lear for his poem "There was an Old Man in a tree, who was horribly bored by a bee; When they said, "Does it buzz?" he replied, "Yes, it does!" (cont'd)
Everything in Art and Design (Part One) Quiz
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staircase in the Hôtel Tassel
staircase in the Hôtel Tassel Staircase in the Hôtel Tassel, Brussels, designed by Victor Horta in the Art Nouveau style, 1892–93.

Art Nouveau

artistic style
Also known as: Modernismo, Modernista, Sezessionstil, Stile Floreale, Stile Liberty(Show More)
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Art Nouveau, style of art that flourished between about 1890 and 1910 throughout Europe and the United States. Art Nouveau is characterized by its use of a long, sinuous, organic line and was employed most often in architecture, interior design, jewelry and glass design, posters, and illustration. It was a deliberate attempt to create a new style, free of the imitative historicism that dominated much of 19th-century art and design. About this time the term...

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