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Art nouveau   /ɑrt nˌuvˈoʊ/   Listen
Art nouveau

noun
1.
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.





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"Art nouveau" Quotes from Famous Books



... I'm sick of the whole business of this Nouvel Art and L'Art Nouveau, about Aubrey Beardsley and the disgusting 'nineties generally—But what will you? If Miss Vivie Warren had condescended to accept me as a husband she might have brought a wholesome atmosphere into my life and swept away all this ... inspired me perhaps with some final ambition for ...
— Mrs. Warren's Daughter - A Story of the Woman's Movement • Sir Harry Johnston


Words linked to "Art nouveau" :   school, artistic movement, art movement


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