art nouveau
a style of fine and applied art current in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterized chiefly by curvilinear motifs often derived from natural forms.
Origin of art nouveau
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How to use art nouveau in a sentence
An art nouveau treasure, this building boasts an extraordinary Tiffany ceiling that you may want to stare at your entire vacation.
These have the pared-down, Pre-Modernist look of art nouveau.
The Magazine That Made—and Unmade—Politicians | Anthony Haden-Guest | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe façade bore all the trendy trappings of the art nouveau movement that swept across the European continent.
They turned slowly and gave the art nouveau building a suddenly contemporary appeal.
Louis Vuitton, Chanel, McQueen Cap Paris Spring 2013 Fashion Week Shows | Robin Givhan | October 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMucha, the son of the iconic art nouveau poster artist Alphonse Mucha, was a man with a lot of secrets to keep.
Stunned, Margaret did not move from the best parlour, over which the touch of art nouveau had fallen.
Howards End | E. M. Forsterart nouveau furniture, no heavy rugs or draperies, metallic bedsteads, and hot and cold running water in every room.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets | Francis MiltounFull-color reproduction of Combinaisons ornementales (c. 1900) by art nouveau masters.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) | Arthur Cleveland BentIt belongs to a wealthy Mexican who was seduced, however, by art nouveau.
Diplomatic Days | Edith O'ShaughnessyIt is as though your old family portrait of the Colonial Governor was framed in “art nouveau.”
The Tapestry Book | Helen Churchill Candee
British Dictionary definitions for Art Nouveau
/ (ɑː nuːˈvəʊ, French ar nuvo) /
a style of art and architecture of the 1890s, characterized by swelling sinuous outlines and stylized natural forms, such as flowers and leaves
(as modifier): an Art-Nouveau mirror
Origin of Art Nouveau
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