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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Ålesund reconstructedInStyle Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Jugendstil
Secession style relatedStyle Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Jugendstil
Secession style relatedStyle Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: French Art Nouveau
Stile Liberty relatedStyle Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Jugendstil
Modern Style relatedTo Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Jugendstil
Casa Batlló style Art Nouveau
Fabergé egg style Art Nouveau
Hector Guimard style Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Art Nouveau architecture
Hector Guimard style Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: Art Nouveau decorative arts
Modern Style styleFamily Art Nouveau
this entity surface form: European Art Nouveau