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Arwas's extremely comprehensive text presents an intelligent and exciting view of
some of the triumphs that contributed to the development of Art Nouveau.
Everything comes together to create an enjoyable and compelling book to first read and then
display in your library or on your favourite coffee table.
Alexis Greentree, Style 1900
A series of creative movements in the latter half of the nineteenth century in England and Scotland powered a reappraisal of decoration's role in art, which in turn led to the rediscovery of ornamentation. Architect-driven precision, the post-Pre-Raphaelite imagery in books and paintings, the emergence of the New Sculpture, the Celtic Revival, the innovative art teaching that revitalised jewellery with enamelling and the use of unusual materials, and the Arts and Crafts Movement that fuelled an appreciation of the artistic possibilities inherent in the design of every item, however humble, all contributed to a fervently creative atmosphere from which great individual innovators emerged: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his circle in Glasgow, William Morris in London, Aubrey Beardsley and his powerful line, and Arthur Lasenby Liberty, founder of the great store at Regent Street. Each contributed, however enthusiastically or reluctantly, to the development of the elements which went into creating Art Nouveau, a series of styles that swept through the rigid historically-ridden styles of the day to let in the light of originality based on the organic analysis of nature.
This is the first in a series of volumes on Art Nouveau by Victor Arwas and was followed in 2002 by
Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic.
About the Author:
Victor Arwas is one of the leading scholars and experts in the fine and decorative arts from the late nineteenth century onwards. He has written over twenty books, including Glass Art Nouveau to Art Deco, Art Deco, and Art Deco Sculpture as well as monographs on individual artists. He has lectured widely, has broadcast on television and radio, organised many international exhibitions, and has helped form several museum and private collections through his gallery, Editions Graphiques in London.
Art Nouveau is all about beauty - it encapsulates a whole way of life which has gone.
It offered the best and allowed the leisure, beauty and willingness to enjoy it.
Victor Arwas
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Other books by Victor Arwas:
Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic
The Art of Glass
Other titles of related interest:
Art Nouveau: An Architectural Indulgence
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