Art Nouveau
a compelling and energetic style in the visual arts
Art Nouveau, ornamental style of art that flourished between about 1890
and 1910 throughout Europe and the United States. Art Nouveau is
characterized by its use of a long, sinuous, organic line and was
employed most often in architecture, interior design, jewelry and glass
design, posters, and illustration. It was a deliberate attempt to create
a new style, free of the imitative historicism that dominated much of
19th-century art and design. About this time the term Art Nouveau was
coined, in Belgium by the periodical L’Art Moderne to describe the work
of the artist group Les Vingt and in Paris by S. Bing, who named his
gallery L’Art Nouveau. The style was called Jugendstil in
Germany, Sezessionstil in Austria, Stile Floreale (or
Stile Liberty) in Italy, and Modernismo (or
Modernista) in Spain.
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