Art Nouveau and the Social Vision of Modern Living
Subtitle: Belgian Artists in a European Context (Modern Architecture and Cultural Identity)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 24, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780521643283
Subjects: History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Theory of architecture; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; Decorative arts; Arts and crafts movement; Art & Art Instruction; Influence; Architecture; Belgium; European; General; History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945); Architecture / General; Decoration and ornament--Belgium--Art nouveau; Art nouveau; Decoration and ornament
First sentence: The decorative arts, although primarily created for the private realm, held a conspicuously public place in the cultural life of fin-de-siècle Europe.