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Art nouveau : art, architecture and design in transformation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ashby, Charlotte, 1979- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York , NY: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2022.
Subjects:
Art nouveau.
Art and society > History > 19th century.
Art and society > History > 20th century.
Architecture and society > History > 19th century.
Architecture and society > History > 20th century.
Art & design styles: Art Nouveau.
Architecture and society.
Art and society.
1800-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: new horizons: art, architecture and design at the Fin-de-sic̀ˆle
  • 1: In what style should we build? Form and ornament
  • 2. Nature and new forms
  • 3. Myths and legends: symbolism and visions of other worlds
  • 4. The patron-collector
  • 5. Print: the explosion of visual culture
  • 6. The designer and the manufacturer
  • 7. Art nouveau and transportation
  • 8. Psychology and the modern mind in crisis
  • 9. Dream spaces: the Fin-de-siecle interior
  • 10. Art nouveau and the modern woman
  • 11. Colonialism, imperialism and transnational art nouveau
  • 12. Art nouveau sculptures and the modern body
  • Conclusion. The multiple and the elite in a world of change.