Art Nouveau

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Art Nouveau is an ornamental art and design movement from the late 19th and early 20th centuries characterized by flowing organic lines, floral motifs, and a synthesis of fine and applied arts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
art movement
decorative arts style
design movement
aim to create a total work of art
to unify architecture and decorative arts
alsoKnownAs Art Nouveau
surface form: Jugendstil

Modern Style
Secession
Stile Liberty
countryOfOrigin Belgium
France
endTime circa 1914
field architecture
ceramics
furniture design
glass art
graphic design
jewelry design
poster art
textile design
followedBy Art Deco
Modern architecture
surface form: Modernist architecture
genreOf advertising design
book illustration
poster art
hasCharacteristic asymmetry
floral motifs
flowing organic lines
inspiration from nature
integration of structure and ornament
ornamental typography
stylized plant forms
synthesis of fine and applied arts
use of new industrial materials
whiplash curves
hasVariant Glasgow Style
Art Nouveau self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jugendstil

Art Nouveau self-linksurface differs
surface form: Modernisme

Secession style
Stile Liberty
Tiffany style
influenced 20th-century architecture
Art Deco
Graphic design
Modernism
influencedBy Arts and Crafts movement
Celtic art
Japanese art
Rococo architecture
surface form: Rococo

Symbolism
majorCenter Barcelona
Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

Glasgow
Munich
Paris
Prague
Riga
Vienna
movementStatus international
notableArchitect Antoni Gaudí
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Hector Guimard
Hector Guimard
surface form: Victor Horta
notableArtist Alphonse Mucha
Gustav Klimt
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
notableDesigner Louis Comfort Tiffany
René Lalique
Émile Gallé
precededBy Arts and Crafts movement
reactionTo academic historicism
industrial mass production aesthetics
relatedMovement Glasgow School of Art
surface form: Glasgow School

Modernisme català
Vienna Secession
startTime circa 1890
timePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
typicalMaterial carved wood
cast iron
ceramic tile
glass
stained glass
wrought iron
typicalMotif dragonfly
female figure with flowing hair
iris
lily
peacock
poppy

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Pre-Raphaelite art influenced Art Nouveau
Walter Crane influenced Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Art Nouveau designers
Émile Gallé influenced Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Art Nouveau glassmakers
Brazilian modernism influencedBy Art Nouveau
Modern Style influencedBy Art Nouveau
Modernisme català influencedBy Art Nouveau
Secession influencedBy Art Nouveau
Secession style influencedBy Art Nouveau
Stile Liberty influencedBy Art Nouveau
The Japanese Bridge influencedBy Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Japonisme
Tiffany glass dome influencedBy Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: European Art Nouveau
Vienna Secession influencedBy Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: French Art Nouveau
Belgians knownFor Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Art Nouveau architecture
Colonia Roma knownFor Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Art Nouveau architecture
Riga knownFor Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Art Nouveau architecture
Szeged knownFor Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Art Nouveau architecture
Ålesund knownFor Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Art Nouveau architecture
Akseli Gallen-Kallela movement Art Nouveau
Alphonse Mucha movement Art Nouveau
Antoni Gaudí movement Art Nouveau
Aubrey Beardsley movement Art Nouveau
Charles L’Eplattenier movement Art Nouveau
Charles L’Eplattenier movement Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Swiss Art Nouveau
Charles Rennie Mackintosh movement Art Nouveau
Divan Japonais movement Art Nouveau
Eliel Saarinen movement Art Nouveau
Gustav Klimt movement Art Nouveau
Hector Guimard movement Art Nouveau
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec movement Art Nouveau
Jane Avril movement Art Nouveau
subject surface form: Jane Avril (poster)
Le Chat Noir posters movement Art Nouveau
Les Nabis movement Art Nouveau
Louis Comfort Tiffany movement Art Nouveau
Peter Behrens movement Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Jugendstil
René Lalique movement Art Nouveau
Vienna Secession movement Art Nouveau
Walter Crane movement Art Nouveau
Émile Gallé movement Art Nouveau
Glasgow Style movementWithin Art Nouveau
Stile Liberty movementWithin Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: European Art Nouveau
René Lalique notableFor Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Art Nouveau jewelry
this entity surface form: Art Nouveau architecture
Modern Style partOf Art Nouveau
Modernisme català partOf Art Nouveau
Secession partOf Art Nouveau
Secession style partOf Art Nouveau
Art Deco precededBy Art Nouveau