About 170 results for ‘Art Nouveau’
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Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international, German for "youth style", named after the magazine Jugend, which promoted it, as Modern (Модерн) in Russia, perhaps named after Parisian gallery "La Maison Moderne", as Secession in Austria-Hungary and its successor states after the Viennese group of artists, and, in Italy, as Stile Liberty from the department store in London, Liberty & Co. , which popularised the style. A reaction to academic art of the 19th century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, not only in flowers and plants but also in curved lines. Architects tried to harmonize with the natural environment. It is also considered a philosophy of design of furniture, which was designed according to the whole building and made part of ordinary life. The style was influenced strongly by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha, when Mucha produced a lithographed poster, which appeared on 1 January 1895 in the streets of Paris as an advertisement for the play Gismonda by Victorien Sardou, featuring Sarah Bernhardt. It popularised the new artistic style and its creator to the citizens of Paris. Initially named Style Mucha, (Mucha Style), his style soon became known as Art Nouveau. Art Nouveau was most popular in Europe, but its influence was global. Hence, it is known in various guises with frequent localised tendencies. In France, Hector Guimard's Paris metro entrances were of art nouveau style and Emile Gallé practised the style in Nancy. Victor Horta had a decisive effect on architecture in Belgium. Magazines like Jugend helped publicise the style in Germany, especially as a graphic artform, while the Vienna Secessionists influenced art and architecture throughout Austria-Hungary. Art Nouveau was also a style of distinct individuals such as Gustav Klimt, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Alphonse Mucha, René Lalique, Antoni Gaudí and Louis Comfort Tiffany, each of whom interpreted it in their own manner. Although Art Nouveau was replaced by 20th-century modernist styles, it is considered now as an important transition between the historicism of Neoclassicism and modernism. Furthermore, Art Nouveau monuments are now recognised by UNESCO with their World Heritage List as significant contributions to cultural heritage. The historic center of Riga, Latvia, with "the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe", was included on the list during 1997 in part because of the "quality and the quantity of its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture", and four Brussels town houses by Victor Horta were included during 2000 as "works of human creative genius" that are "outstanding examples of Art Nouveau architecture brilliantly illustrating the transition from the 19th to the 20th century in art, thought, and society".
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Etude pour Ilsée, chapitre IV : Couple se donnant un baiser
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- Portrayed subject:
- Kiss
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- Date:
- 19th century
- Art Nouveau
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Etude pour Ilsée : Trois femmes au bord de l'eau
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bathing
- Watercourse
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
- Art Nouveau
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Etude pour Ilsée, chapitre I : Femme assise, posant la ma...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Melancholia
- Sitting
- Sword
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
- Art Nouveau
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Etude pour Ilsée, chapitre III : Femme assise, regardant ...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Costume
- Man
- Meeting
- Middle Ages
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
- Art Nouveau
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Etude pour Ilsée, chapitre III : Femme assise, regardant ...
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- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Costume
- Man
- Meeting
- Middle Ages
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
- Art Nouveau
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Etude pour Ilsée, chapitre II : Frises de bouquetins et d...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fish
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- Date:
- 19th century
- Art Nouveau
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Etude pour Ilsée, chapitre II : Personnages dans un parc ...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Building
- Landscape
- Park
- Silhouette
- Tree
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- Date:
- 19th century
- Art Nouveau
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Etude pour Ilsée, chapitre I : Groupes de personnages en ...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Conversation
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- Date:
- 19th century
- Art Nouveau
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