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art nouveau

[ ahrt noo-voh, ahr; French ar-noo-voh ]

noun

, (often initial capital letters)
  1. a style of fine and applied art current in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterized chiefly by curvilinear motifs often derived from natural forms.


Art Nouveau

/ ɑː nuːˈvəʊ; ar nuvo /

noun

    1. a style of art and architecture of the 1890s, characterized by swelling sinuous outlines and stylized natural forms, such as flowers and leaves
    2. ( as modifier )

      an Art-Nouveau mirror

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of art nouveau1

1900–05; < French: literally, new art
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Word History and Origins

Origin of art nouveau1

French, literally: new art
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Example Sentences

An art nouveau treasure, this building boasts an extraordinary Tiffany ceiling that you may want to stare at your entire vacation.

From Ozy

These have the pared-down, Pre-Modernist look of Art Nouveau.

The façade bore all the trendy trappings of the Art Nouveau movement that swept across the European continent.

They turned slowly and gave the Art Nouveau building a suddenly contemporary appeal.

Mucha, the son of the iconic Art Nouveau poster artist Alphonse Mucha, was a man with a lot of secrets to keep.

Stunned, Margaret did not move from the best parlour, over which the touch of art nouveau had fallen.

Art nouveau furniture, no heavy rugs or draperies, metallic bedsteads, and hot and cold running water in every room.

Full-color reproduction of Combinaisons ornementales (c. 1900) by Art Nouveau masters.

It belongs to a wealthy Mexican who was seduced, however, by art nouveau.

It is as though your old family portrait of the Colonial Governor was framed in “art nouveau.”

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