Art Nouveau: Between Modernism and Romantic Nationalism; 20th Century Decorative Arts

Matteo Fochessati

Nurtured by the aesthetic-social critique undertaken by the British Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau contrasted the heaviness of mechanical production with the ingenious elegance of forms inspired by pure and alluring lines, based on plant forms. Enlivened by nostalgic fin de siecle decadence, the ...