Art nouveau
By: Gabriele Fahr-Becker
Edition: English ed. ; special ed.
Publisher: H.F. Ullmann
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Potsdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9783833160035
Subjects: Art nouveau; Modern Art; Art; Art Nouveau
Description: The unity of art and life was the expressed goal of the Art Nouveau movement, the prelude to modernity. On the basis of shared ideas its adherents strove for a homogenous style, which nonetheless took on manifold variations in its expression. Dr. Gabriele Fahr-Becker pursues this yearning for an all-pervasive style in its impact on architecture, interior design, furniture, silver and gold-smithery, ceramics and glasswork, graphic arts and painting.
Notes: Translated by Paul Aston, Ruth Chitty and Karen Williams.

Previous edition: Könemann, c2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the German.
Table of contents: title: The final chord and a new beginning; title: England. Ruskin, Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites; title: Glasgow. The blossoming of interior design; title: Paris. World expositions and the bourgeoisie; title: Nancy. The language of flora and fauna; title: Belgium. The new architecture; title: The Netherlands. Abstract line and De Stijl; title: Italy and Russia. A step into the future; title: Barcelona. Architecture as a natural phenomenon; title: Munich. Capital of arts and crafts; title: Darmstadt. Revolution and art; title: Berlin. German factories and workshops; title: Scandinavia. National consciousness in the "Light of the North"; title: New York and Chicago. Form follows function; title: Vienna. End of an era; title: The Wiener Werkstätte. The total work of art accomplished.