Art Nouveau, which took shape from the 1880s to just prior to World War I, is not to be confused with the streamlined, geometric shapes of Art Deco (as in New York City’s Chrysler Building ...

In the 1980s, attempts to restore the building were made, including uncovering Francis Jourdain’s art nouveau facade and rebuilding the glass roof (in a different design than the original).

[1/6]A damaged Art Nouveau facade designed by Belgian architect Victor Horta is pictured in a warehouse in the Brussels district of Schaerbeek after it was abandoned to squatters, Belgium, August ...

Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre (3 Kamergersky Ln.) Both the theatre’s building and all of Kamergersky Lane are a monument to Moscow Art Nouveau.

“The facade is spectacular, and what is quite rare in Brussels is its width,” listing agent Jean de Kerchove said. The front of the house is 26 feet wide, while the back on the garden side is ...

At the end of the 19th century, Art Nouveau was enthusiastically received by much of the Brussels haute bourgeoisie. Belgium’s extensive industrial development during that period — the mining ...

Quiet canals, Art Nouveau facades, colourful boats... The town of Aveiro, in Portugal, combines the charm of an old fishing port with the elegance of a waterfront city, still unspoilt by mass ...

Art Nouveau is not a Jewish movement in any sense, but its heyday — the dawn of the 20th century — coincides with a great flourishing of Jewish cultural and intellectual activity.

NO art style seemed more surely dead and buried than Art Nouveau, the turn-of-the-century vogue for flowing, whirling motifs and gingerbread gewgaws. Thrown out by cubist artists who viewed such ...