Art Nouveau

• Art Nouveau (New Art)

  • Innovative, revolutionary, and new
  • Ornamental style of art that flourished in Europe and the Uniter States
  • Characteristics:
  • Organic forms
  • Curve shapes
  • Whiplash lines
  • Wide range of art that includes architecture, painting, graphic art, interior design, jewelry, furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass art, and metal work
• Art Nouveau Other Names

  • United States: Tiffany Style
  • Germany: Jugendstil
  • Italy: Stile Liberty
  • Austria and Vienna: Sezession
  • Russia: Modern
  • France: Le Style Moderne
  • Spain: Arte Noven
  • Catalonia: Modernisme
  • Portugal: Arte Nova
  • United Kingdom: Glasgow Style
  • Britain: Liberty Style
• Paris Metro Entrances

  • Symbol of the city's Golden Age of Art and architecture for over a century

  
• Castel Beranger

  • By Hector Guimard
  • First art nouveau building in Paris

  
• Tassel House

  • By Victor Horta
  • Generally considered as the first true Art Noveau building because of its highly innovative plan and its ground breaking use of materials and decoration
  • UNESCO, 2000
• Tassel House

  • By Victor Horta
  • Generally considered as the first true Art Noveau building because of its highly innovative plan and its ground breaking use of materials and decoration
  • UNESCO, 2000

  
• Majolica House

  • By Otto Wagner
  • Has beautiful textile-style Art Noveau ornamentation using majolica ceramic tiles

  
• Cifra Palota

  • By Geza Markus
  • Roof and facade in majolica tiles

  
• Hotel Ciamberlani

  • By Paul Hankar
  • Ornamented with sgraffito, an architectural ornamental technique used for decoration in plaster and wall cladding

  
• Casa Battlo

  • By Antoni Gaudí
  • A unique façade, full of imagination
  • An exuberant and marine-inspired façade