Bienvenue! This lens is for Art Nouveau in all of its forms, both architectural, artistic, domestic and portable.
The Art Nouveau style appeared in the early 1880s and was gone by the eve of the First World War. For a brief, brilliant moment, Art Nouveau was a shimmering presence in urban centers throughout Europe and North America. It was the style of the age--seen on public buildings and advertisements, inside private homes and outside street cafés--adorning the life of the city.
Art Nouveau was a response to the radical changes caused by the rapid urban growth and technological advances that followed the Industrial Revolution.
The name derives from the Maison de l'Art Nouveau, an interior design gallery opened in Paris in 1896, but in fact the movement had different names throughout Europe. In Germany it was known as 'Jugendstil', from the magazine Diejugend (Youth) published from 1896; in Italy 'Stile Liberty' (after the London store, Liberty Style) or 'Floreale'; in Spain 'Modernista', in Austria 'Sezessionstil' and, paradoxically, in France the English term 'Modern Style' was often used, emphasizing the English origins of the movement.
Art Nouveau - Otherwise known as . . .
Art nouveau is also known as Age of Doodling - Arts and Crafts - Bandwurmstil (tape worm style) - Darmstadt Style - École de Nancy - Eel Style - Estilo Modernista - gereizter Regenwurm (popping up earthworm) - Glasgow Style - Jugendstil (Germany) - Jugenstil (young style) - Liberty Style - Lilienstil (Lily style) Lo Stile Liberty (Italy) - Modern Style (United Kingdom) - Moderne Strumpfbanlinien (modern suspender line) - Modernisme (Spain) - Modernismo - Neustil - Neu Stil (new style) - Neudeutsche Kunst (new German art) - Nieuwe Kunst (The Netherlands) - Nieuwe Stijl - Noodle Style - Nudelstil - Paling stijl (eel style - Brussels' slang) - Peitschenstil - Schnörkelstil (scroll style) - Secesija - Sezession - Sezessionsstil - Sezessionstil (secession style - Austria) - Stile floreale (floral style) - Stile Inglese (English style) - Style 1900 - style anguille - style coup de fouet - style Guimard - Style Métro - style nouille - style sapin (Switzerland) - Wellenstil - Whiplash Style - Yachting Style ... Great Stuff on Amazon
Art Nouveau 1890-1914
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Art Nouveau, 1890-1914
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The Essence of Art Nouveau
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Alphonse Mucha: The Spirit of Art Nouveau
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Mr. Bing & l'Art Nouveau
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Art Nouveau Artists on the web
- Alphonse Mucha
- Art Renewal Center's collection of Alphose Mucha's artworks
- Aubrey Beardsley
- Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley from Salomé, The Yellow Book, and elsewhere
- Gustav Klimt
- Artcyclopedia's large list of Klimt works around the world online and in museums
- Émile Gallé
- Émile Gallé(1846-1904)
Artcyclopedia's Gallé Lists - Émile Gallé
- Émile Gallé - A large list with photos of his glass works
- Antoni Gaudí
- Antoni Gaudí(1852-1926)
Site with his architectural works - Antoni Gaudí
- Antoni Gaudí - Artcyclopedia Listing of his works in museums
- Victor Horta
- Victor Horta - Belgian architect site
- Victor Horta
- Courtald Institute of Arts listing of Horta's works
- Hector Guimmard
- French designer of the eponymous Paris subway entrances - The Insecula listing for him
- Vilmos Zsolnay
- Zsolnay Tile Museum site
- Gustave Strauven
- Dutch Architect's Art Nouveau works
- Peter Behrens
- Peter Behrens (1868 - 1940) - large site with links to all of his works
- The Horta Museum
- The Horta Museum in Belgium
Art Nouveau on Flickr
Just a few examples from the many Art Nouveau Groups within Flickr
Art Nouveau: www.flickr.com/groups/artnouveau/
Art Nouveau Art: www.flickr.com/groups/59198799@N00/
Jugenstil-Art Nouveau: www.flickr.com/groups/42776760@N00/
Victor Horta: www.flickr.com/groups/horta/
Mucha's stained glass in St. Vitus Cathedral
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Jan Smets
Engraved stoneware, coloured glazing. 60 x 42 x 3 cm.
bruxelles 1995
Art Nouveau Discussions
from around the web
Art Nouveau Links
- Art Nouveau Server
- Really nicely done site with examples, artists lists, and history of the movement
- La Belle Epoque
- An incredible site with much information, many links and tons of images - She also includes other fields from the period as well - music, cinema, theatre and then has amazingly detailed listings by city with images from those specific branches of art nouveau
- Collect 1900
- Art Nouveau Collector's Site - listings of exhibitions and sales of Art Nouveau items
- Art Nouveau images
- Individual's site with his Art Nouveau photographs - also has a large list of alternative names
- Jugendstil
- Dutch site with an enormous list of Art Nouveau links
- L'Art Nouveau
- Jo Stein's French site with Art Nouveau listings - includes artists and period exhibition information
- Jugendstil Hauptseite
- Enormous German site with links aplenty and many images
- L'Ecole de Nancy
- French site on L'Ecole de Nancy branch of Art Nouveau
- Around 1900
- Dutch architectural site on buildings built around 1900 in the Art Nouveau style
- Art Nouveau Buildings
- Enormous list of Art Nouveau buildings around the world with many photos
- Art Nouveau Fonts
- George Williams' Art Nouveau Fonts
- Loetz Glassworks
- This website is an hommage to the many Bohemian glass factories that operated at the turn of the 20th century - much information on Art Nouveau glass
- Art Nouveau Metalware
- Beautiful site with many images of Art Nouveau metalware
- Italian Art Nouveau Ceramics
- Italian Art Nouveau Ceramics
Art Nouveau Stuff on eBay
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Art Nouveau by Geographic Location
- Melbourne
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- Vienna French Embassy
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- Vienna
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- Belgium
- Japanese Site
- Netherlands / Flanders
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- Belgium
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- Oslo / Ålesund / Brussels
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- Brussells
- 5 Walks with Maps
- Prague
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- Cuba
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- Tournai
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- Gablonz
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- Estonia
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- Lyon
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- d'Agde - Chateau Laurens
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- Paris
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- Paris Metro
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- Nancy
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- Nancy Centenary
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- Georgia
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- Bad Nauheim
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- St. Petersburg
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- Budapest
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- Budapest - Hotel Gresham
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- Toscana
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- Italy
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- Milano
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- Torino
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- Torino
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- Trondheim
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- Bucharest
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- St. Petersburg Suburbs
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- Slovakia
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- Slovakia
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- Catalonia
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- Madrid
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- Spain
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- Melilla
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- Spain
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- Barcelona
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- Le Chaud de Fonds
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- Amsterdam
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- Den Haag
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- Istanbul
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- Lviv
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- Hungary
- Lovely site in Hungarian with many images and links
