Art Nouveau
An attempt to combine art with architecture and the everyday environment.
Key ideas
Art Nouveau is also known by the regional names Art Nouveau, Jugendstil and Secession. Floral lines, flatness and decorative rhythm are found in posters, furniture, jewelry and buildings. At the same time, more geometric solutions existed.
Looking deeper
Art Nouveau is a specific movement of the turn of the century, and modernism is a broader set of searches for new art. The idea of a single ensemble helps to consider the interior, type and objects together. It is important to take into account both manual craftsmanship and the possibilities of industrial production.
Alphonse Mucha, posters; Victor Horta, architecture; Gustav Klimt.
Find the work in the museum's official catalog and start with a description of the visible details.Find a repeating motif in the facade, furniture and graphic design.
Useful terms
- Art Nouveau
- An artistic movement at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries, associated with the renewal of architecture, decorative arts and graphics.
- Modernism
- A broad designation for various searches for a new artistic language, especially at the end of the 19th and 20th centuries. The boundaries of the term are debated.
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