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Art Nouveau (/ ˌ ɑː r (t) n uː ˈ v oʊ / AR(T) noo-VOH, French: [aʁ nuvo] ⓘ; lit. ' New Art '), Jugendstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers. [1]
Art Nouveau architecture is a design style defined by dramatic, nature-inspired ornamentation, often with whiplash curves and flowing lines that look like vines. At its core, Art Nouveau ...
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Pietro Fenoglio's famous Casa Fenoglio-Lafleur, an emblem of Turin's Art Nouveau style. Art Nouveau, in Turin, spread in the early twentieth century.. This new stylistic current involved various artistic disciplines including the applied arts and, predominantly, architecture.
Art Nouveau architecture — part of the Art Nouveau arts and design movement. ... Art Nouveau buildings and structures (17 C, 1 P) R. Art Nouveau restaurants (24 P)
One of the rare completed buildings still standing from this period is the office building at 10 Rue de Bretagne, begun in 1914 but not completed until after the War in 1919. [20] [21] The Art Nouveau style was replaced by a more functional simplicity, where the reinforced concrete structure defined the exterior of the building. The postwar ...
The architecture was often a mixture of styles in timber cut from local forests and stone hewn from local rocks. Most of the timber has gone, although the earthworks remain. Impressively, massive stone structures have survived for years. Neolithic 10,000–3000 BC
Art Nouveau temples are churches, chapels, synagogues, and mosques built in the style known as Art Nouveau in French and English languages (also Modern Style or Glasgow style in the latter one), Jugendstil in Germany and Nordic countries, Secessionsstil in countries of former Austro-Hungary, Modernisme in Catalan, Modern in Russian, Stile Liberty or Stile Floreale in Italian.