Art Nouveau architecture is a design style defined by dramatic, nature-inspired ornamentation, often with whiplash curves and flowing lines that look like vines.At its core, Art Nouveau ...

Art nouveau (c.1880 to 1910) ... If you're unsure whether a salvaged item is art nouveau, study the design carefully: it should grow from the ground upwards with a continuous organic movement.

While some may argue the era of Art Deco interior design is over, it’s undeniable that its spirit lives on. “When we’re talking about Art Deco, generally we’re thinking of the style and ...

Offending derrières aside, Giuseppe Somarruga’s Palazzo Castiglioni is a masterpiece of Liberty, Italy’s take on the art nouveau style known as modernismo in Spain and Jugendstil in the ...

SINGAPORE – Art and design are everywhere in Belgium, from the fun murals painted on random facades in its capital Brussels to the quirky stepped gables of Flemish buildings in Ghent. But the ...

Art Nouveau and Art Deco were European art design styles that spread in popularity to various regions around the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Art Nouveau artistic movement opposed historicism, ... Its application reverberated mainly in the design of interiors, products, fabrics, clothes, jewelry and accessories.

In Paris’s 16th arrondissement, the Castel Béranger is a unique landmark, the first Art Nouveau apartment building in France’s capital. It was completed in 1898 by Hector Guimard, and the ...

A precedent for the Art Deco movement, the Art Nouveau period of design was brief (it spanned from the 1890s to the early 1910s) and was characterized by undulating lines and soft curves with ...