Art Nouveau

A style of fine and applied arts in Europe and the Americas, characterized by undulating or serpentine lines and the use of modern materials.

Dates

c. 1880–1910

Places

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Art Nouveau

A style of fine and applied arts in Europe and the Americas, characterized by undulating or serpentine lines and the use of modern materials.

Dates

c. 1880–1910

Places

Europe > Western Europe > Belgium, France, Scotland, England, Central Europe > Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Southe ...
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Basics Works of Art Artists Curated Guides

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Becoming modern in 19th-century Europe, an introduction

Japonisme

Works of Art

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Punch Bowl with Three Ladles

1900

Broncia Koller, Sitting (Seated Nude Marietta)

1907

Antoni Gaudí, Park Güell

1900–14

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Vase

1913

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Hair Ornament

c. 1904

Léon Bakst, “Costume design for the ballet The Firebird”

1913

Hector Guimard, Cité entrance, Métropolitain, Paris

c. 1900

Antoni Gaudí, Sagrada Família

1882–now

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Artists

Antoni Gaudí, Church of the Sagrada Família or Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, 1882– (consecrated 2010, but still under construction), Barcelona, Spain (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Franz von Stuck

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19th-Century European Art Syllabus

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau

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