Art nouveau [[electronic resource] /] / [Jean Lahor ; translator, Rebecca Brimacombe]

• Autore: Lahor Jean
• Pubblicazione: [New York], : Parkstone International, [2012]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 709.0349
• Soggetto topico: Art nouveau; Art - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BrimacombeRebecca
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; The Origins of Art Nouveau; England: Cradle of Art Nouveau; Belgium: The Flowering of Art Nouveau; France: A Passion for Art Nouveau; Art Nouveau at the 1900 Universal Exposition in Paris; The French Pavilion; The English Pavilion; The American Pavilion; The Belgian Pavilion; The German Pavilion; The Austrian Pavilion; The Hungarian Pavilion; The Dutch Pavilion; The Danish Pavilion; The Swedish and Norwegian Pavilions; The Russian Pavilion; The Finnish Pavilion; The Romanian Pavilion; The Swiss Pavilion; Conclusion; Major Artists; Painting ; Fernand Khnopff (Grembergen-lez-Termonde, 1858 - Brussels, 1921)Jan Toorop (Purworedjo, 1858 - The Hague, 1928); Aubrey Beardsley (Brighton, 1872 - Menton, 1898); Eugène Grasset (Lausanne, 1845 - Sceaux, 1917); Georges de Feure (Paris, 1868 - 1943); Alphonse Mucha (Ivancice, 1860 - Prague, 1939); Gustav Klimt (Vienna, 1862 - 1918); Koloman Moser (Vienna, 1868 - 1918); Architecture; Victor Horta (Gand, 1861 - Brussels, 1947); Henry Van de Velde (Anvers, 1863 - Zurich, 1957); Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942); Antoni Gaudí (Riudoms, 1852 - Barcelona, 1926); Decorative Arts ; Gustave Serrurier-Bovy (Liège, 1858 - Anvers, 1910) Louis Majorelle (Toul, 1859 - Nancy, 1926); Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Glasgow, 1868 - London, 1928); Louis Comfort Tiffany (New York, 1848 - 1933); Emile Gallé (Nancy, 1846 - 1904); The Daum brothers: Auguste (Bitche, 1853 - Nancy, 1909)and Antonin (Bitche, 1864 - Nancy, 1930); René Jules Lalique (Ay, 1860 - Paris, 1945); Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Art Nouveau designates a decorative and architectural style developed in the 1880's and 1890's in the West. Born in reaction to the Industrial Revolution and to the creative vacuum it left behind, Art Nouveau was at the heart of a "renaissance" in the decorative arts. The primary objective of the movement was the creation of a new aesthetic of nature through a return to the study of natural subjects. In order to achieve this, such artists as Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Antoni Gaudí, Jan Toorop, and William Morris favoured innovation in technique and novelty of forms.After its triumph at the
• Titolo autorizzato: Art nouveau
• ISBN: 1-283-95212-2; 1-78042-790-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457462603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Art of century collection.