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Symbolism And Art Nouveau: Sense of Impending Crisis, Refinement of Sensibility, and Life Reborn In Beauty

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Art in Europe -particularly in Britain and France-underwent major developments at the turn of the 20th century. Inspired on the one hand by the Symbolist movement in literature and reacting againt heavy-handed academicism in painting on the other, the related, intertwined and yet separate styles which emerged inspired painters as different as Mucha, Moreau, Klimt and Charles Rennie Macintosh.

Contents
-The emergence of a wealth of styles

-Methods of visual organization: How the paintings Symbolism and Art Nouveau are structured

-1900: The intellectual environment, social conditions and contemporary attitudes towards art

Notes to the introduction
Sources of quotations
Suggestions for further readings
Biographical notes on artists

Colour illustrations with explanatory text

Language: English

Pages: 104

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Release: May 12, 1978

ISBN: 0714819522

ISBN 13: 9780714819525

Symbolism And Art Nouveau: Sense of Impending Crisis, Refinement of Sensibility, and Life Reborn In Beauty

3/5 ( ratings)

Art in Europe -particularly in Britain and France-underwent major developments at the turn of the 20th century. Inspired on the one hand by the Symbolist movement in literature and reacting againt heavy-handed academicism in painting on the other, the related, intertwined and yet separate styles which emerged inspired painters as different as Mucha, Moreau, Klimt and Charles Rennie Macintosh.

Contents
-The emergence of a wealth of styles

-Methods of visual organization: How the paintings Symbolism and Art Nouveau are structured

-1900: The intellectual environment, social conditions and contemporary attitudes towards art

Notes to the introduction
Sources of quotations
Suggestions for further readings
Biographical notes on artists

Colour illustrations with explanatory text

Language: English

Pages: 104

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Release: May 12, 1978

ISBN: 0714819522

ISBN 13: 9780714819525

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