ART NOUVEAU
The Art Nouveau movement, also known as Liberty, revolutionised art and design with its sinuous lines and patterns inspired by nature. This movement was driven by a search for harmony between art and everyday life, contrasting with academic conventions. Its influence spanned architecture, painting and applied arts. Vienna became a key location for this style to blossom, with Klimt as its emblematic figure. In his paintings, he turned decorative effects into a form of expression for personal and social themes, integrating floral and symbolic elements to reflect the complexity of human existence and the modernity of his time.
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Reverie by Alphonse Mucha (1897), an iconic example of the Art Nouveau style.
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Casa Fenoglio-Lafleur (Torino, 1902)
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Collage of Art Nouveau furniture, jewellery and decorative objects
There is no art without life and no life without art.
Gustav Klimt