Glass became thicker, more transparent, with bolder colors in geometric designs as nouveau gave way to art deco in the 1920s. The design style speaks to functional elegance and glamour to this day.

Art Nouveau also showed an attempt to meld the realm of craft with the fine arts, as is evident in the exhibition’s array of jewelry, furnishings, works in glass and prints.

A new museum is coming to Paris, dedicated to the forgotten industrial designer Hector Guimard, who gave the city its famed ...

Prague spring blossoms with the curlicued flowers and vines of Art Nouveau. Born in Paris to a Czech designer and popularized by a Belgian, the aesthetic movement defined fin-de-siècle aesthetic ...

Less than a five-minute walk from Trevi Fountain awaits a hidden 16th-century palazzo full of exemplary artwork and architecture. Best of all, it's free.

Discovering Art Nouveau The early modernist style, evocative of the natural world, can be seen in abundance in whimsical buildings along the Danube and elsewhere in Europe.

In high school, Keeling became interested in traditional Japanese raku pottery, contemporary sculpture, Impressionist painting and many of the design movements, especially Art Nouveau and the ...

When it comes to display, “art nouveau glass was designed to be seen in daylight, whereas art deco glass was designed for electric light,” says Moir, whose stock includes a pair of c1900 ...

Its leaded glass shades, bronze base and nature inspiration are reminiscent of Tiffany lamps, themselves emblematic of art nouveau, but compared with them, it was a bargain.