For Art Nouveau we have terms and definitions in 10 topics. The topics are Architecture, Art, Art Movements, Costume Jewelry, Furniture, Glass, Jewelry, Lighting, Rugs and Sculptural.

Art Nouveau (Architecture)

A movement that embraced architecture, design, and visual arts throughout Europe. It was fashionable between 1890 and 1910, and particularly strong in France, Belgium, Germany, and Austria. In Britain, Charles Rennie Mackintosh was an important exponent: in Spain, Antonio Gaudi was the leading figure. It attempted to find what was sometimes called a modern style, using natural, organic forms and decorative motifs rather than historically derived elements. Marked by ornate use of undulation, such as waves, flames, floweer stalks and flowing hair.

Art Nouveau (Art)

Highly decorative artistic style, popular at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Heavy use is made of ornamentally curving lines and shapes derived from flower and plant motifs.

Art Nouveau (Art Movements)

An 1890s style in architecture, graphic arts, and interior decoration characterized by writhing forms, curving lines, and asymmetrical organization. Some critics regard the style as the first stage of modern architecture.

Art Nouveau (Costume Jewelry)

A style of jewelry popular from the 1890s to around 1915 that was characterized by smooth flowing lines, natural colors, and depictions of sensuous women, flowers, and nature. Art Nouveau themes are popular with current fashion jewelry designers.

Art Nouveau (Furniture)

French for "new art." The term refers to a late 19th-Century style which sprang from a revived interest in the decorative arts and was characterized by flowing lines and stylized forms derived from nature (like curving, twisting trees trunks and branches). Forerunner of Art Deco.

Art Nouveau (Glass)

First used by the connoisseur and dealer Samuel Bing as the name of his Paris gallery, which opened on 16th December 1895, it became the generic name for the decorative style current in 1890s and early 1900s, often assymetrical, and usually involving floral patterns with elaborately entwined tendrils. In Germany, it was known as Jugendstil (literally youth-style)

Art Nouveau (Jewelry)

A flowing style with sinuous curves and naturalistic motifs that was popular from about 1895 to 1905. A common motif was a women's head with flowing hair. There are many reproductions on the market today.

Art Nouveau (Lighting)

A decorative art movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century. Characterized by dense asymmetrical ornamentation in sinuous forms.

Art Nouveau (Rugs)

A late 19th and early 20th century style of art, architecture, and decoration characterized by the representation of leaves and flowers with flowing lines.

Art Nouveau (Sculptural)

An art style of the late 1800's featuring curving, often swirling shapes based on organic forms.

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