Art Nouveau
Whiplash line style
Art Nouveau is a decorative arts movement from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, marked by organic forms, asymmetrical curves, and nature-inspired ornamentation.
The style influenced everything from Parisian metro entrances to Tiffany lamps and Alphonse Mucha posters: The museum's Art Nouveau collection includes Lalique glassware. (Lowercase art nouveau is an informal variant.)
Century's closing period
- 1890sFinal Victorian years
- 1900sCentury's inaugural decade
- Vienna SecessionAustrian art nouveau splinter group
- SymbolismArt emphasizing ideas over reality
Of or like blooms
- peacockOrnate pheasant relative
- dragonflyLarge-eyed flying predator
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
- irisEye's pigmented disc
lily · swan · ginkgo · vine · tendril · pomegranate · poppy · orchid
Characterized by curved lines
- sinuousCurving in flowing turns
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- organicFrom living matter
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
ornate · sensuous · harmonious · lyrical · graceful · decorative · opulent · refined
Colored window art
- jewelryOrnamental personal accessories
- glasswareDrinking containers of silica
- furnitureMovable room objects
- wallpaperOrnamental wall covering
textile · ceramic · enamelwork · cameo glass · marquetry · inlay · gilt · filigree
Famous incomplete Barcelona basilica
- ironworkObjects shaped from heated metal
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- balconyRaised exterior platform
- doorwayPassage into a room
staircase · skylight · mosaic · ceramic tile · wrought iron · bay window · balustrade · canopy
fin-de-siècle
Century's closing period
- 1890sFinal Victorian years
- 1900sCentury's inaugural decade
- Vienna SecessionAustrian art nouveau splinter group
Symbolism · Post-Impressionism · decadence · bohemian · avant-garde
Antoni Gaudí
floral
Of or like blooms
- peacockOrnate pheasant relative
- dragonflyLarge-eyed flying predator
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
iris · lily · swan · ginkgo · vine · tendril · pomegranate · poppy · orchid · wisteria
curvilinear
Characterized by curved lines
elegant · ornate · sensuous · harmonious · lyrical · graceful · decorative · opulent · refined · sumptuous
stained glass
Colored window art
- jewelryOrnamental personal accessories
- glasswareDrinking containers of silica
- furnitureMovable room objects
wallpaper · textile · ceramic · enamelwork · cameo glass · marquetry · inlay · gilt · filigree · brooch
Sagrada Família
Famous incomplete Barcelona basilica
- ironworkObjects shaped from heated metal
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- balconyRaised exterior platform
doorway · staircase · skylight · mosaic · ceramic tile · wrought iron · bay window · balustrade · canopy
- artRenaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint, Baroque
- art formspainting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music
- architectureEiffel Tower, buildings, architects, design, thatching
- art stylesimpressionism, surrealism, cubism, realism, minimalism
- paintingoil painting, watercolor, acrylic paint, oils, oil paints
- Victorianaseances, Dickens, spiritualism, Sherlock Holmes, phrenology
Art NouveauBauhaus
Influential modernist design school
Minimalism · Functionalism · Futurism · Constructivism · Brutalism
Art NouveauConstructivism
Geometric Soviet art movement
Brutalism · Futurism · rectilinear · angular · geometric