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art nouveau
Title: art nouveau
Category: Arts & Humanities
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art nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is a French term meaning “new art” that was used to describe the
decorative art style that occurred during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
With its beginnings found in the Arts and Crafts movement of William Morris, Art
Nouveau eventually spread all over Europe and into the United States. In the varying
countries this art movement was given different names. In Germany it was known as
Jugendstil after the …showed first 75 words of 874 total…
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Louis Henry Sullivan. Sullivan constructed very traditional buildings but would decorate
them with ironwork that took on the shapes of vines and plants.
Just prior to World War One the Art Nouveau scene began to fade away. It led to
Art Deco movement which was predominent during the twenties and thirties. Despite
being relatively abandoned as an art form, Art Nouveau was a key element in the
developement of twentieth century aesthetic.
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