GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Developed and popularized in Europe between 1880 and World War I, the Art Nouveau style was characterized by undulating lines and swirling ornament. In its appreciation of pattern and complicated forms, the style was a continuation of earlier 19th-century traditions. Simultaneously, however, it was a "new art," a reform style that was not derived from some exotic or long-dead culture, but a contemporary reaction against revivalism. Furthermore, the objects produced in this taste were, for the most part, visually simpler than their immediate predecessors and thus embodied change. In Europe the new style made important contributions to continental design in virtually all media, including architecture. Its effects in the United States were restricted primarily to graphic, ceramic, jewelry, and silver design.
Adapted from
Charles L. Venable. Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 251.
NOTES
EAS- added tags and moved this CC to new CC categories/notebooks in August 2016. Will need to review in future to determine if this note needs to be linked across collections or solely to Dec Arts objects.
This note was already harvested into Google Drive in early 2017. In order to prevent it from being routed before it is ready, I moved it to a sub-folder ("Started by Samantha- for D3C future completion") within the "Unknown" department folder so that a D3C can route it in the future. (EAS March 6, 2017)
Removed the #routed tag because unclear how the note was both incomplete and routed. Removed #draft tag.
see this note for possible consolidation: art deco/art moderne/art nouveau
Removed 1983.28 tag because this should be linked via tags.
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EXTERNAL WEB RESOURCES
Gontar, Cybele. "Art Nouveau". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/artn/hd_artn.htm (October 2006)
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apply to objects where department_id equals 60
apply to objects where date_end lte 1914
apply to objects where date_begin gte 1880
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General Description
Developed and popularized in Europe between 1880 and World War I, the Art Nouveau style was characterized by undulating lines and swirling ornament. In its appreciation of pattern and complicated forms, the style was a continuation of earlier 19th-century traditions. Simultaneously, however, it was a "new art," a reform style that was not derived from some exotic or long-dead culture, but a contemporary reaction against revivalism. Furthermore, the objects produced in this taste were, for the most part, visually simpler than their immediate predecessors and thus embodied change. In Europe the new style made important contributions to continental design in virtually all media, including architecture. Its effects in the United States were restricted primarily to graphic, ceramic, jewelry, and silver design.
Adapted from
Charles L. Venable. Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 251.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Gontar, Cybele. "Art Nouveau". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/artn/hd_artn.htm (October 2006)
Notes
EAS- added tags and moved this CC to new CC categories/notebooks in August 2016. Will need to review in future to determine if this note needs to be linked across collections or solely to Dec Arts objects.
This note was already harvested into Google Drive in early 2017. In order to prevent it from being routed before it is ready, I moved it to a sub-folder ("Started by Samantha- for D3C future completion") within the "Unknown" department folder so that a D3C can route it in the future. (EAS March 6, 2017)
Removed the #routed tag because unclear how the note was both incomplete and routed. Removed #draft tag.
see this note for possible consolidation: art deco/art moderne/art nouveau
Removed 1983.28 tag because this should be linked via tags.
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