A precedent for the Art Deco movement, the Art Nouveau period of design was brief (it spanned from the 1890s to the early 1910s) and was characterized by undulating lines and soft curves with ...

I knew about its Art Nouveau district, yet when I came upon Albert Street, lined with pastel-hued buildings festooned with faces, figures, peacocks, flowers and other Art Nouveau motifs, I was ...

Just as Art Nouveau offered a striking departure from the rigid, revivalist styles of the 19th century, In Bloom reimagines how flowers can function in cuisine—going beyond simple decoration to ...

If it hadn’t been for the First World War, Art Nouveau might have become the defining style of the 20th Century. Instead, it became an aesthetic dead-end. The main reason was money.

Built very quickly in 1905, Villa Ammende is a jewel of art nouveau design—as was the fashion at the time— and specifically Jugendstil, a subset of art nouveau that’s focused on plants ...