Art Nouveau was influenced by nature ... The shapes and lines in Art Deco decor, furniture, and art are entirely different ...

Where Art Deco gravitates towards geometric shapes, precision, and opulence, Art Nouveau expresses itself ... being reinterpreted through sculptural furniture, curved silhouettes, and organic ...

On 28 April 1925, the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts opened in Paris. It was a landmark ...

A decorative style of bold geometric shapes and bright colours, it encompassed furniture, textiles, ceramics, sculpture and architecture. The term ‘Arts Decoratifs’ (later shortened to Art Deco in the ...

Our Art Deco Centenary series rounds off where it ... one of the proponents of the art nouveau movement, ditched his signature organic, curved style for a more symmetrical, rectilinear aesthetic ...

René Lalique was a seminal French glass designer known for his Art Nouveau and Art Deco perfume bottles, chandeliers, vases, and jewelry. Widely revered and influential in the decorative arts, Lalique ...

Art deco expresses America's best and worst of times: the exuberant Jazz Age and the Great Depression. Miami Beach's Art Deco District is the largest and best known art deco wonderland ...