was a movement that occurred in the late 19th Century to the early 20th Century. It was primarily concerned with architecture, design and the applied arts. It fused its many sources of inspiration into an entirely original mode of expression. The resulting object or design has a sense of organic growth, often with erotic overtones or fantastic in conception. Art Nouveau is primarily a new style of decoration based on sinuous curves, impaired by Rococo forms that often suggest organic shapes.

A European design movement that started in the late 1800s. It is characterised by the whiplash line, with designs featuring sinuous curves of flowers and other images drawn from nature.

introduced in the latter part of the 19th century and remaining popular until the start of the First World War, it was characterised by elaborate design and curving lines

Means "new art." An art movement which broke free from the historic traditions. Mainly interior decoration. Used flowing, swirling and twisting plant-like forms.

a decorative art movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century; art haracterized by dense asymmetrical ornamentation in sinuous forms, it is often symbolic and of an erotic nature.

A furniture and accessory design style categorized by organic and floral stylized details.

Art Nouveau went against the Victorian mainstream of the time around the turn of the 20th century. This style is characterized by smoothly curving lines and subtle transitions through the form. It uses organic forms as inspiration for the entire design rather than simply the ornamentation. Typically, Art Nouveau lines begin a large S- shaped curve that ends in a rapid, whip like tail.

A style of art featuring curling, decorative lines inspired by nature.

The new style, short-lived and excessive, which thrived between c. 1880 and 1914. Characterized by curving, swirling organic forms and, particularly, the whiplash motif, the name derives from a shop opened by Bing in Paris in 1895. Known in Italy as "stile Liberty," in Germany and Scandinavia as "Jugendstil," and in Austria as "Secession."

First used by the connoisseur and dealer Samuel Bing as the name of his Paris gallery, which opened on 16th December 1895, it became the generic name for the decorative style current in 1890s and early 1900s, often assymetrical, and usually involving floral patterns with elaborately entwined tendrils. In Germany, it was known as Jugendstil (literally youth-style)

A style of design that was at it's height around 1895-1905 and identified by long, agile and flowing designs.

A movement that embraced architecture, design, and visual arts throughout Europe. It was fashionable between 1890 and 1910, and particularly strong in France, Belgium, Germany, and Austria. In Britain, Charles Rennie Mackintosh was an important exponent: in Spain, Antonio Gaudi was the leading figure. It attempted to find what was sometimes called a modern style, using natural, organic forms and decorative motifs rather than historically derived elements. Marked by ornate use of undulation, such as waves, flames, floweer stalks and flowing hair.

The French term for new art, this style began showing up in the 1890s and continued into the 1920s or ‘30s. It is characterized by flowing and sensuous forms.

Decorative arts style distinguished by curves and flowing lines, asymmetry and flower and leaf motifs, prevalent from the 1880s to the First World War.

The words mean "new art" but this 1890's movement was mainly a style of decor and architecture. It featured stylish figures and flat patterns of writhing vegetable forms often with heart shaped holes in furniture.

(1890-1915) is a highly decorative, romantic style featuring intertwining, curvilinear ornamentation and sinuous, undulating lines. The style often depicts the female figure and aspects of nature (such as leaves and flowers) along with elements of fantasy. Art Nouveau jewelry has regained popularity in recent years, though collectors should be aware that there are many convincing reproductions currently in the market.

The forerunner to art deco, it was developed in France between 1890 and 1910. Furnishings and accessories, like Tiffany lamps, contain ornate and flowing lines and freeform shapes taken from nature and the feminine form. More info

The name of the artistic movement of architecture and the decorative arts throughout Europe and the United States between 1890 and the First World War. Recently it has been become common to use the term Modernism for the art nouveau movement rejected the styles of the past and turned to nature for inspiration. Out of this came the linear and metamorphic character and its typical decorative elegance. In architecture, interior design and the applied arts, art nouveau studied the technical and expressive opportunities offered by the new materials of iron, glass and concrete that were being employed b the industrial revolution.

a French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s; characterized by stylized natural forms and sinuous outlines of such objects as leaves and vines and flowers

Artistic style of the turn of the century, characterized by flowing lines and flowery symbols, yet often depicting impressionist more than representational art.

Highly decorative artistic style, popular at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Heavy use is made of ornamentally curving lines and shapes derived from flower and plant motifs.

literally modern style, the bold and flat sinuous motifs abstractly based upon seaweed and other plant forms; this style was popular from 1895 to 1915 and was a rebellion against the derivative style of Historicism; see periods.

The forerunner of Art Deco; a style of decoration between 1890 and 1910 characterized by flowing lines, sinuous curves, and stylized forms derived from nature.

A style of design associated with the years around the turn of 19th and 20th Centuries. Its principal features were the use of organic motifs and the innovative use of new materials.

(French): Literally, "new art." Period from 1889 to 1925 associated with curvilinear swing design and inspired by plant and animal forms in nature frequently incorporating the figure of women.

Also known as Secessionism and Jugendstil in German countries. A movement mostly associated to visual arts, most popular at the end of 19th century. In many ways it is associated with Aesthetic Movement (see above).

Style based, literally, on the "new art" of Europe in about 1875. Flowing, nearly freeform shapes from nature were carved and painted on furniture. An elongated, slightly curved line that ends in a more abrupt, nearly whiplike second curve is its most characteristic design.

The "new art" in 1890's American and European architecture and decoration. Influenced by the Japanese and the Gothic, it is characterized by its use of plant forms worked in graceful, but exaggerated, flat patterns. William Morris, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Antonio Gaudi were three famous practitioners of this style.

art movement widespread throughout Europe from around 1880-1910 particularly in the decorative and applied arts characterized by sinous, organic forms and elaborately curving lines

A style popular from about 1895 through 1910. Art Nouveau pieces are characterized by flowing curves and naturalistic designs, especially depicting longhaired, sensual women. Design and workmanship were showcased in a variety of materials and stones, and in enamels in a palette of colors.

French, The New Art) (Art movement popular in the late 19th and early 20th century in Europe and America; a very busy and intricately detailed decorative style with flowing lines and shapes; Louis Tiffany, Gustav Klimt and Aubrey Beardsley among others are associated with this movement but the origins are attributed to William Morris.

The new style, short lived and excessive, which thrived between circa 1890 – 1914. The style is characterised by curving, swirling, and organic forms and particularly, the whiplash motif.

A decorative style in architecture around 1900-1910; with asymmetrical sinuous and organic forms. Externally it was typically depicted in render, leadlight and wrought iron.

a term used to describe an art form that began in the 1880's. It is characterized by flowing lines, exotic flowers and female faces with long flowing hair. Gold, copper and silver were used along with semi:precious stones and enamel.

sinuous, decorative, curvy art associated with the turn of the century

(French, "new art") An international, late 19th- and early 20th-century decorative style characterized by organic foliate forms, sinuous lines, and non-geometric, "whiplash" curves. Art Nouveau originated in Europe in the 1880s, and reached the peak of its popularity around 1900. In America, it inspired, among others, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933). The name is derived from " La Maison de l'Art Nouveau," a gallery for interior design that opened in Paris in 1896. The German term for Art Nouveau is Jugendstil.

An art movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which emphasized that attention to detail (such as leaves and flowers) was critical to an integrated work. Gustav Klimt's work is one example. Literally means “New Art.

A late 19th and early 20th century style of art, architecture, and decoration characterized by the representation of leaves and flowers with flowing lines.

An art style of the late 1800's featuring curving, often swirling shapes based on organic forms.

A decorative movement which reached its zenith in the period 1893-1907. The Parque Güell Barcelona (started 1900) is the most famous art nouveau garden.

French for "new art". During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, an art movement and style of decorative painting, sculpture and architecture which is characterized by the use of flowers and leaves in flowing, interlacing lines. Henri Toulouse-Latrec and Gustav Klimt were among those greatly influenced by the movement.

Art Nouveau, a French term that means “New Art,” was an international movement in art and architecture that developed from the 1880s through the early 20th century. Sinuous lines, “whiplash” curves, and organic motifs, such as plants and flowers, characterized the Art Nouveau style. In the United States, Louis Comfort Tiffany was a major proponent of the movement.

a style emanating from around 1875 that took the inspiration for its free-flowing, free-form designs from the natural world. In French the term literally means “new art”.

An early 20th century art movement whose proponents tried to synthesize all the arts in an effort to create art based on natural forms that could be mass-produced by technologies of the industrial age.

A painting, printmaking, decorative design, and architectural style developed in England in the 1880s. Art Nouveau, primarily an ornamental style, was not only a protest against the sterile Realism, but against the whole drift toward industrialization and mechanization and the unnatural artifacts they produced. The style is characterized by the usage of sinuous, graceful, cursive lines, interlaced patterns, flowers, plants, insects and other motifs inspired by nature.

This jewelry period started in the 1890s and ended with the onset of World War I. It featured various free-flowing natural motifs, including dragonflies, butterflies, and curvaceousfloral designs, along with female faces.

A late-nineteenth-century decorative style that was based on natural forms. It was the first style to reject historical references and create its own design vocabulary, which included stylized curved details.

The term " Art Nouveau" was first used by contemporary critics in Belgium for the art movement of the late 19th century. " Art Nouveau " from French "art" and " nouveau" (new) is a decorative style developed in Belgium and France between 1890 and the first World War (1914). Although the style was not as popular in America as in Europe, Tiffany lamps are an outstanding example of its ornate, flowing lines.

A style that originated in the late 1880s, based on the sinuous curves of plant forms, used primarily in architectural detailing and the applied arts.

a movement and style of decoration characterized by sinuous curves and flowing lines, asymmetry, and flower and leaf motifs. See Style Guide

A movement in European and American art that arose at the turn of the 20th century. One of the main features of this style, called “Modern” in Russia, was the synthesis of art forms.

Artistic style using curvilinear motifs derived from nature. Popular from circa 1890 to 1925 and frequently revived

a style of architecture and interior decorating of the late 1800s and marked by the overly ornate use of undulating imagery, such as waves, flames, flower stalks, and flowing hair.

Nature was the basis for the Art Nouveau Style, plant motifs, flattened curves. It originated in the late nineteenth Century, early twentieth in Europe and America.

A style of fine and applied art current in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterized chiefly by curvilinear motifs derived from natural forms.

Based style, literally, in the "new art" of Europe in near 1875. Flowing, the forms of freeform of the nature were carved and painted almost in the furniture. An extended line, slightly curved that finishes in more precipitated, curve of whiplike second is almost its more characteristic design.

late nineteenth century style utilizing sinuous lines; opposed to the classicism of the immediate past.

A style of architecture and interior decor dating from the late 1800s marked by the overly ornate use of undulation, such as waves, flames, flower stalks and flowing hair.

A style of decoration and architecture of the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries, characterized particularly by the depiction of leaves and flowers in flowing, sinuous lines. It was a European movement in the visual arts that spread to America and affected architecture and every kind of design. Outstanding exponent of this style is Gustav Klimt.

c. 1880-1910 A French style of flowing and nearly freeform shapes using elonged, shallow curved lines ending in a more whip like second curve. This "new art" was most popular in Europe, example Tiffany lamps with simple, flowing, ornate lines form nature.

Art Nouveau was a style popular from roughly 1895 until World War I. Art Nouveau pieces are characterized by curves and naturalistic designs, especially depicting long-haired, sensual women. Louis Comfort Tiffany made archetypal Art Nouveau pieces.

A romantic furniture and design style borrowing heavily from Gothic style, and its revivals, in being curvilinear. Seldom utilizes straight lines, and can be asymetrical. Started with the designs of William Morris in England and was therefore origianlly called "le style anglais" and later "le style moderne" in France. Influenced and devolped by Toulose-Lautrec, Emil Galle, and Rene Lalique. An organic flowing style with gentle and well balance curves and edges.

The highly decorative style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Art Nouveau is characterized by a flowing lines often ending in abrupt whip like sharp curves based on plant forms and influenced by Japanese and Gothic art. The style was born out of a rejection of the typical stale, conservatism of the time and a revolt of the mass production of furniture. A conscious effort to create along new lines inspired this "New Art."

A decorative style developed in France between 1890 and 1910. Although the style was not as popular in America as in Europe, Tiffany lamps are an outstanding example of its ornate, flowing lines. In recent years, some American manufacturers have designed new lines using Art Noveau's simple, yet sinuous lines with a minimum of ornamentation.

A decorative style prominent from 1890-1915 and characterized by soft, flowing lines and the use of natural motifs, especially female figures.

A style of decoration and architecture first current in the late 1890's, characterized by linear depiction of sinuous forms.

Decorative style developed in France between 1890 and 1910. Tiffany lamps are a great example of this styles ornate and flowing lines.

A decorative style predominant in the last two decades of the 19th century into the first decade of the 20th century characterized by asymmetrical, fluid shapes, such as the whiplash curve, and motifs taken from nature; artists whose work is representative of the style include Louis Majorelle, Emile Gallé, Eugène Gaillard, Hector Guimard, and René Lalique.

A style also known as "Victorian" or "Edwardian" consisting of fluid lines, floral and nature themes and natural colors. Also known for its flowing style with sinuous curves and naturalistic motifs that was popular from about 1895 to 1905.

An artistic style. Generally associated with the period 1890-1915 Art Nouveau was a development of the Aesthetic Movement and Arts & Crafts Movement drawing heavily from the natural world and exotic influences with stylised forms and motifs juxtaposed against strict rectilinear geometry. Main architectural exponent in the UK is Charles Rennie MacIntosh (Glasgow).

A design movement from the late 1800's, inspired greatly by the work of Japanese Meiji period artists.

Art Nouveau is a decorative style (circa 1890-1914) noted for its free-flowing lines and natural motifs.

A decorative art style, especially associated with the sinuous curves of plant forms. It was prevalent from 1895 to 1905. Art Nouveau began in France, and they leaned on earlier styles including Rococo, Gothic, and Oriental.

Also known as "Victorian" or "Edwardian." This style features fluid lines, natural colors, and natural, particularly floral, themes.

A style of jewelry popular from the 1890s to around 1915 that was characterized by smooth flowing lines, natural colors, and depictions of sensuous women, flowers, and nature. Art Nouveau themes are popular with current fashion jewelry designers.

Style that was popular during the early 1900's. Art Nouveau jewellery is characterized by curves and naturalistic designs.

A style which evolved during the 1890s which used asymmetrical decorative elements derived from objects found in nature.

A style of decoration and architecture emphasizing fluid, biomorphic lines and swirling motifs.

A European and American movement, specifically of applied art, of the nineteenth century that is characterized by sinuous lines and stylized natural forms. Famous artists include Gaudi', Mucha, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

French for "The New Art." An international art movement and style of decoration and architecture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, characterized particularly by the curvilinear depiction of leaves and flowers, often in the form of vines. These might also be described as foliate forms, with sinuous lines, and non-geometric, "whiplash" curves. The roots of Art Nouveau go back to Romanticism, Symbolism, the English Arts and Crafts Movement and William Morris (English, 1834-1896). In America, it inspired, among others, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933). The name is derived from "La Maison de l'Art Nouveau," a gallery for interior design that opened in Paris in 1896. Art Nouveau is known in Germany as Jugenstil and in England as Yellow Book Style, and epitomizes what is sometimes called fin de siècle style. It reached the peak of its popularity around 1900, only to be gradually overtaken by art deco and other modernist styles.

A classification of popular jewelry created from the late " Victorian" period through the " Edwardian" period, about 1880-1910, exemplified by a flowing style of jewelry consisting of fluid lines, sinuous curves, floral and nature themes and natural colors. A common motif features long-haired, sensual women.

French for "new art." The term refers to a late 19th-Century style which sprang from a revived interest in the decorative arts and was characterized by flowing lines and stylized forms derived from nature (like curving, twisting trees trunks and branches). Forerunner of Art Deco.

Art Nouveau (, anglicised ) (French for 'new art') is an international style of art, architecture and design that peaked in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century (1880-1914) and is characterized by highly-stylized, flowing, curvilinear designs often incorporating floral and other plant-inspired motifs. More localized terms for the phenomenon of self-consciously radical, somewhat mannered reformist chic that formed a prelude to 20th-century modernism include Jugendstil in Germany and the Netherlands and skønvirke in Denmark, named after the avant-garde periodical Jugend ('Youth'), Młoda Polska ('Young Poland' style) in Poland, and Sezessionsstil ('Secessionism') in Vienna, where forward-looking artists and designers seceded from the mainstream salon exhibitions to exhibit on their own work in more congenial surroundings.