Modernismon.
/mɒdəˈnɪzməʊ/, /mɒdɛːˈniːsməʊ/, U.S. /ˌmɑdərˈnɪzmoʊ/, /ˌmɑdərˈnismoʊ/ In Spain: art nouveau, esp. that form identified with Catalonia. Cf. Modernisme n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [noun] > art nouveau
Liberty style1890
secession1896
nouveau art1902
New Art1903
art nouveau1908
squirm1909
Jugendstil1928
Modernismo1960
Sezessionstil1970
Modernisme1986
1960 G. R. Collins Antonio Gaudi 7 This was succeeded at the turn of the century by a vigorous outbreak of Art Nouveau, known in its Catalan form as ‘Modernismo’.
1973 Times 15 May (Barcelona Suppl.) p. i/4 Gothic architecture abounds in Europe—but from another period. Barcelona offers something quite unique: its Modernismo (art nouveau)—late nineteenth to early twentieth century.
1992 Econ. Times (New Delhi) 25 July (Esquire Suppl.) 2/7 Sinuous lamp-posts and ornate fascades on cafes, opera houses and residential buildings were a constant reminder that, along with Paris, Barcelona was the cradle of Modernismo or art nouveau.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1960- to act the giddy goat
- to act the goat
- to act the lord of the manor
- to act the mouldwarp
- to act the old soldier
- to act the old soldier over a person
- to act the part
- to act the part of
- to act up
- to act upon the offensive
- to act, to keep , the volant
- to act, to keep upon, the volant
- to add a stone to any one's cairn
- to add an edge to
- to add faith to
- to add fuel to the fire
- to add fuel to the flames
- to add in
- to add insult to injury
- to add lustre to
- to add oil to fire
- to add oil to flame
- to add oil to the fire
- to add oil to the flame
- to add on