Secession

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Secession is a Central European variant of Art Nouveau, most notably associated with the Vienna Secession movement and characterized by its decorative, modernist break from historicist styles.

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Surface form Occurrences
European Secession movements 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
art movement
decorative arts style
style of Art Nouveau
aimedAt creating a Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art)
uniting artists across disciplines
associatedWith Vienna Secession
countryOfOrigin Austria
genre applied arts
architecture
graphic arts
painting
hasCharacteristic anti-historicist
decorative
flat decorative surfaces
geometric forms
integration of fine and applied arts
linear ornament
modernist
ornamental
stylized floral motifs
hasPart Berlin Secession
Budapest Secession
Munich Secession
Prague Secession
Vienna Secession
inception circa 1897
late 19th century
influenced ceramic design
furniture design
graphic design in the early 20th century
interior design
metalwork design
modern architecture in Central Europe
poster art
influencedBy Art Nouveau
Arts and Crafts movement
surface form: British Arts and Crafts movement

Japanese art
Symbolism
mainSubject modernism in art
motto "Freiheit der Kunst"
surface form: Der Zeit ihre Kunst, der Kunst ihre Freiheit
movement break from historicist styles
rejection of academic art traditions
notablePractitioner Adolf Loos (early career context)
Gustav Klimt
Josef Hoffmann
Joseph Maria Olbrich
Koloman Moser
Otto Wagner
notableWork Hotel Bristol in Vienna (Secession elements)
Karlsplatz Stadtbahn pavilions in Vienna
Majolikahaus in Vienna
Secession Building in Vienna
opposedTo academic classicism
historicist architecture
partOf Art Nouveau
region Central Europe

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Art Nouveau alsoKnownAs Secession
Vienna Secession partOf Secession
this entity surface form: European Secession movements