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Art Nouveau / Stephen Escritt.

by Escritt, Stephen.

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Art nouveau (Architecture)

Decoration and ornament -- Art nouveau.

Art, Modern -- 19th century.

Art, Modern -- 20th century.

9780714838229 (pbk.)

0714838225 (pbk.)

447 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-440) and index.

New life in old revivals. The genesis of art nouveau -- A decadent age? Belgium, France and Germany -- Squaring the circle. Vienna and Glasgow -- Dreams of nations. Finland, Russia and Catalonia -- New art in the New World. The Americas -- An all-consuming passion. Clients and customers -- Artistry and industry. Old craft and new technology -- A recurring allure. Into the twentieth century.

"At the turn of the nineteenth century, Art Nouveau was both Europe and America's boldest and most fashionable style." "In this comprehensive and lucid book, Stephen Escritt defines Art Nouveau broadly, analysing the work of such diverse designers as Victor Horta in Belgium, Emile Galle in France, Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow and Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona. He argues that Art Nouveau was evolutionary, drawing on a range of sources including the French Neo-Rococo, the English Arts and Crafts Movement and Symbolism, as well as revolutionary, exploring the inherent possibilities of steel and glass and the functionalism that was to be taken up by the Modern Movement. This is the first book to examine Art Nouveau worldwide in the context of the issues of the age, from fin-de-siecle anxieties about the pressures of modern life to nationalism, spiritualism, the emancipation of women and the heroic cult of youth."--BOOK JACKET.

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