Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau could be described with the elements of Flowing lines, Violent Curves and Organic subjects.

Art nouveau is graceful, sinuous lines hardly ever angular ,so artists explain the curves in Art Nouveau almost like whiplash curves Repetitive patterns and curvy lines are characteristics of this art style These curves usually construct an image, can be anything from flowing plains, hardware, humans or furniture.                                    

 In this art movement you will find an over whelming amount of flowers, leaves, vines, insects and plenty of other organic objects

Instead of classic gemstones during the period of Art Nouveau jewellers opted to work with opals and semiprecious stones moving away from the ordinary. Glass art became bigger and better and gained popularity as more artists became interested in Art Nouveau, Moulded glass, animal horns and ivory tusks became commonly used materials.

F. Champenois Imprimeur-Éditeur, lithograph, 1897.

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