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Art Nouveau exploded onto the art scene in the early 1890s, spreading rapidly to hundreds of major urban centres in the succeeding two decades before collapsing, as quickly as it had started, in the years running up to World War I. This lavishly illustrated volume deals with Art Nouveau as an international phenomenon, and is the most complete and wide- ranging study to be published so far. Pulling together a huge number of sources, the book explores how the artists and designers who created Art Nouveau aimed to transform their world, by challenging convention and embracing modernity. Controversial and often provocative at the time, masterpieces such as Tiffany lampshades, Mucha posters and Lalique jewellery are examples of how all the fine and decorative arts, including glass, ceramics, furniture, metalwork, sculpture, print and textiles, were used to breathtaking effect. The enormous impact of Art Nouveau right across \_\_ Europe and America, from Paris to New York, Moscow to Brussels, Chicago to Helsinki, Prague to Barcelona, is also explored, revealing how the extraordinary facades and highly decorative interiors affected many people’s lives. The style’s dramatic demise is exami

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Author

Paul Greenhalgh

Publisher

V&A

Published

2000

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction