The Art Nouveau movement became an international phenomenon at the beginning of the twentieth century that ushered in the era of modernity in almost every aspect of cultural life.
Beautifully produced to appeal to a wide range of readers, this new edition gives one of the world\'s most popular styles the serious consideration it deserves..
Wolf\'s text is both informed and accessible, providing an exciting narrative that brings the Art Nouveau movement into clear focus.
Chapters on aesthetics, spirituality and the cult of beauty offer luminous examples of works by Mucha, Gaudi, Hoffmann, Klimt, Horta, Munch and Tiffany, among many others.
This book focuses on the movement\'s wide variety of applications and reclaims its prominence in the pantheon of modern art history.
In this comprehensive, authoritative and copiously illustrated book, art historian Norbert Wolf explores Art Nouveau as a logical outgrowth of the historic forces in which it arose.
For decades critics have argued that Art Nouveau was not an artistic period in its own right, but an amalgam of artists and styles that served as a bridge between neoclassicism and modernism.
The Art Nouveau movement became an international phenomenon at the beginning of the twentieth century that ushered in the era of modernity in almost every aspect of cultural life
