A decorative style that flourished between 1890 and 1910 throughout Europe and the US, Art Nouveau, also called Jugendstil (Germany) and Sezessionstil (Austria), is characterized by sinuous, asymmetrical lines based on organic forms.
A decorative style that flourished between 1890 and 1910 throughout Europe and the US, Art Nouveau, also called Jugendstil (Germany) and Sezessionstil (Austria), is characterized by sinuous, asymmetrical lines based on organic forms. Although it influenced painting and sculpture, its main manifestations were architecture and the decorative and graphic arts, with the aim of creating a new style, free from the imitative historicism that dominated much of the art movements and design of the 19th century.