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Definition of art nouveau in English: art nouveaunoun ˌɑː(t) nuːˈvəʊ mass nounA style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the USA from about 1890 until the First World War and characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms. Example sentencesExamples - The curator of the exhibition, Paul Greenhalgh, has taken the point of view that art nouveau was a collection of movements that became a style, and many of those movements are illustrated in the show.
- As soon as Elton made some money, he started collecting art - art deco and art nouveau.
- In this piece, Lalique captured the essence of the art nouveau style of which he was a master.
- Tiffany's oxidized silver and enameled sprinkler is a masterpiece of American art nouveau design.
- In glass design, too, the irregular shapes, floral allusions, and aleatory iridescence of art nouveau succumbed to solid geometry and flat, linear patterning.
- Style is turn-of-the century art nouveau; there are cute banquettes to sit in; a curved wooden bar to order at, and pavement tables outside for summer sun.
- In common with most 19 th-century tycoons, Faustino Feltrinelli liked to impress, and his villa - built in neo-gothic style with a dash of art nouveau - must have left the locals speechless.
- I bought art deco furniture and art nouveau and great clothes.
- Like all great styles before it, art nouveau had different emphases and inspirations in each of the major centers.
- This enormous and lavishly illustrated volume treats the evolution of the art nouveau style in fin-de-siecle France, principally in Nancy and Paris.
- As the epicenter of the art nouveau style, France is particularly well represented.
- Samuel Bing invited Conder to decorate a small boudoir in his La Maison de l' art nouveau in 1896.
- Unlike art nouveau, it emphasized a functional design based on logic and geometry.
- The renovated building is almost 100 years old, but the original art nouveau architecture of its facade has remained.
- The wasp waist, achieved with the help of a corset and a tightly cinched belt, became popular at the end of the nineteenth century, coinciding with the emergence of the art nouveau style in the decorative arts.
- The style combines the original art nouveau of the building itself (mirrors, furnishings) with ultra-modern brushed chrome fixtures.
- The birth of art nouveau (called jugendstil in German-speaking countries) was a self-conscious effort to address the new century and determine its modernist pulse.
- Most of the hotel's original features, including the stunningly plush and spacious Column Bar in the lobby, and its art nouveau design have been meticulously preserved.
- Catherine's own interest in art deco style dates back to the 1980s, although her fascination with period architecture began with art nouveau.
- In 1908 the architect Adolf Loos published his essay Ornament and Crime, which outlines the creation of art nouveau and advocates a new functional and modern style of architecture.
Origin Early 20th century: from French, literally 'new art'. Rhymes aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou Definition of art nouveau in US English: art nouveaunoun A style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the US from about 1890 until World War I and characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms. Example sentencesExamples - The curator of the exhibition, Paul Greenhalgh, has taken the point of view that art nouveau was a collection of movements that became a style, and many of those movements are illustrated in the show.
- As soon as Elton made some money, he started collecting art - art deco and art nouveau.
- The wasp waist, achieved with the help of a corset and a tightly cinched belt, became popular at the end of the nineteenth century, coinciding with the emergence of the art nouveau style in the decorative arts.
- Samuel Bing invited Conder to decorate a small boudoir in his La Maison de l' art nouveau in 1896.
- In 1908 the architect Adolf Loos published his essay Ornament and Crime, which outlines the creation of art nouveau and advocates a new functional and modern style of architecture.
- The birth of art nouveau (called jugendstil in German-speaking countries) was a self-conscious effort to address the new century and determine its modernist pulse.
- Most of the hotel's original features, including the stunningly plush and spacious Column Bar in the lobby, and its art nouveau design have been meticulously preserved.
- The renovated building is almost 100 years old, but the original art nouveau architecture of its facade has remained.
- I bought art deco furniture and art nouveau and great clothes.
- The style combines the original art nouveau of the building itself (mirrors, furnishings) with ultra-modern brushed chrome fixtures.
- Tiffany's oxidized silver and enameled sprinkler is a masterpiece of American art nouveau design.
- Style is turn-of-the century art nouveau; there are cute banquettes to sit in; a curved wooden bar to order at, and pavement tables outside for summer sun.
- Catherine's own interest in art deco style dates back to the 1980s, although her fascination with period architecture began with art nouveau.
- In glass design, too, the irregular shapes, floral allusions, and aleatory iridescence of art nouveau succumbed to solid geometry and flat, linear patterning.
- Unlike art nouveau, it emphasized a functional design based on logic and geometry.
- In this piece, Lalique captured the essence of the art nouveau style of which he was a master.
- As the epicenter of the art nouveau style, France is particularly well represented.
- This enormous and lavishly illustrated volume treats the evolution of the art nouveau style in fin-de-siecle France, principally in Nancy and Paris.
- Like all great styles before it, art nouveau had different emphases and inspirations in each of the major centers.
- In common with most 19 th-century tycoons, Faustino Feltrinelli liked to impress, and his villa - built in neo-gothic style with a dash of art nouveau - must have left the locals speechless.
Origin Early 20th century: from French, literally ‘new art’. |