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Alastair Duncan, A Recognized Expert On The Period, Tells The Story Of The Meteoric Rise And Fall Of Art Nouveau, Which Began As A General Reaction By Young Artists And Designers To The Stifling Traditionalism And Revivalism Of The Mid-nineteenth-century Fine And Decorative Arts. The New Art First Made Itself Felt Around 1895, In Architecture, Furniture, Glass, Ceramics And The Other Applied Arts, And Fell Into Eclipse After World War One, Until Its Rediscovery In The 1960s. The Author Recounts The History Of This Important Modern Movement In Detail, Introducing The Main Personalities - Galle, Lalique, Tiffany And Others - And Relating Their Aims And Accomplishments To The Background From Which The Movement Emerged.--jacket. Architecture -- Furniture -- Painting And The Graphic Arts -- Glass -- Ceramics -- Jewerly And Fashion -- Silver, Metalware And Objets D' Art -- Sculpture. Alastair Duncan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 208-210) And Index.

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Author

Duncan, Alastair

Publisher

Thames and Hudson; Thames & Hudson

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780500202739

Category

history

Subjects

Art, History, Arts

Rating

4.6 / 5 (27 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14