Art Nouveau

Rating:
Summary: The Flowering of Modernity
Review: A very large, comprehensive and definitive book on Art Nouveauâ€" with almost 480 sumptuous illustrations, many full page and double page, and almost all in beautiful color â€" of the highest quality photographic reproduction. Absolutely breathtaking example s of the great diversity of Art Nouveau as it is expressed in decorations, embellishments, objects of every description, jewelry, lighting and lamps, furniture, architecture and fine art. This overwhelming quest for the New (Nouveau) â€" a monumental art mo vement which swept across Europe and America around the turn of the centuryâ€" awakened western culture from the limiting concepts of the 19th century into the global enlightenment of the 20th. Revolting against repressive 19th century mores, Art Nouveau e xplored and reveled in the vital life-force of nature and its untold processes and organic mysteries.

End Notes: "On the basis of shared ideas and ideals, artists strove after a homogenous style that would find expression not in uniformity but in variety. Despite all the inconsistencies, a unified framework does show through the many variations. . . Art historian and Art Nouveau scholar Dr. Gabriele Fahr-Becker pursues this yearning for an all-pervasive style in its impact on architecture, interior desig n, furniture, gold and silversmiths' works, art ceramics and glass, graphics and painting. She guides the reader through the various national schools in Scotland, England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Russia, Scandinavia, Germany, Austria and the United States." . . . "The countless threads of Art Nouveau are interwoven to form a complex and yet clearly distinguishable picture of an art movement on the threshold of the 20th century."""

Rating:
Summary: The Flowering of Modernity
Review: A very large, comprehensive and definitive book on Art Nouveauâ€" with almost 480 sumptuous illustrations, many full page and double page, and almost all in beautiful color â€" of the highest quality photographic reproduction. Absolutely breathtaking example s of the great diversity of Art Nouveau as it is expressed in decorations, embellishments, objects of every description, jewelry, lighting and lamps, furniture, architecture and fine art. This overwhelming quest for the New (Nouveau) â€" a monumental art mo vement which swept across Europe and America around the turn of the centuryâ€" awakened western culture from the limiting concepts of the 19th century into the global enlightenment of the 20th. Revolting against repressive 19th century mores, Art Nouveau e xplored and reveled in the vital life-force of nature and its untold processes and organic mysteries.

End Notes: "On the basis of shared ideas and ideals, artists strove after a homogenous style that would find expression not in uniformity but in variety. Despite all the inconsistencies, a unified framework does show through the many variations. . . Art historian and Art Nouveau scholar Dr. Gabriele Fahr-Becker pursues this yearning for an all-pervasive style in its impact on architecture, interior desig n, furniture, gold and silversmiths' works, art ceramics and glass, graphics and painting. She guides the reader through the various national schools in Scotland, England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Russia, Scandinavia, Germany, Austria and the United States." . . . "The countless threads of Art Nouveau are interwoven to form a complex and yet clearly distinguishable picture of an art movement on the threshold of the 20th century."""