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Can you distinguish Art Nouveau and Art Deco? (test your skills)

Art Nouveau is based on the agile, the fluid, on the movement provided by curves and asymmetry. Art Deco seems obsessed with geometric shapes, with straight lines and angles, with mass and symmetry as constant values. But there is more than that. Although they are two styles with very different characteristics, often are confused. Both Art…

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Which movies, books, designs and music and have art nouveau in it?

Art Nouveau was a style that emerged in the late 19th century and was characterized by organic, flowing lines and patterns inspired by nature. It influenced a wide range of design fields, including architecture, furniture design, graphic design, and other decorative arts. There are several movies that feature Art Nouveau design or architecture as a…

The 40 different names of Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is a popular term for the variously named but closely related styles that had a pervasive impact on architecture, painting, and sculpture as well as applied design of every kind, from jewelry and typography to furniture and infrastructure. It burst onto the European scene around 1880, but soon it could be found everywhiere…

The effects of war in Ukranian art nouveau

The recent war in Ukraine has been devastating for the country and its people, but it has also had a devastating effect on the art nouveau heritage of the country. In a time of warfare, the protection of historic buildings, monuments and artwork is often neglected, and this has been the case in Ukraine. This…

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Art nouveau influence in the world and why some people don’t like it

Art Nouveau, also known as the Modernisme, Jugendstil and up to 40 different names, was a style that emerged in the late 19th century and was characterized by organic, flowing lines and patterns inspired by nature. It was a reaction against the rigid, academic styles that were dominant at the time, and it sought to…

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The best art nouveau and art deco artists compared

Art Nouveau and Art Deco are both influential artistic movements of the early twentieth century, and although they have some similarities, there are also key differences between them. Differences between Art Nouveau and Art Deco: test your skills here. Art Nouveau, which developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, focused on craftsmanship and creating art…

Which movements influenced Art Nouveau? (test your skills)

Many people love Art Nouveau but only a few can distinguish what inspired and influenced this Art Style and what didn’t. Check if you are one of them. Before testing your skills on what influenced Art Nouveau, let us describe Art Nouveau (1880-1914). It means “new art” and embraced Europe’s new industrial aesthetic rather than…

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Tiffany Lamps, the icons of American Art Nouveau

Tiffany lamps have become so familiar today that they no longer seem to belong to a particular time and place but they belong to Art Nouveau, a decorative art that owed as much to handicraft as it did to commercial industry. In the United States, these lamps and the firm of Louis Comfort Tiffany played a central role…

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6 Art Nouveau hidden gems you’ll soon be able to fly again to

From the 1880s until World War I, artworks, design objects, and architecture in many European cities sprouted with sinuous, undulating curves, organic motifs and bright colours. Art Nouveau exhuberant Finding examples of this art and architectural form on your travels to Europe is not hard, and major examples can be found in cities like Nancy, Prague,…