Facts about Art Nouveau Design
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Tiffany Studios, led by Louis Comfort Tiffany, brought Art Nouveau design into American decorative arts through its celebrated stained glass lamps and windows.
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Glasgow designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed a distinctive rectilinear variant of Art Nouveau design, blending organic motifs with geometric abstraction.
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Victor Horta's Hôtel Tassel in Brussels, completed in 1893, is widely considered the first true Art Nouveau building.
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Alphonse Mucha's decorative posters featuring sinuous female figures and floral motifs became defining visual symbols of Art Nouveau design in the 1890s.
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The Paris Métro entrances designed by Hector Guimard are among the most iconic examples of Art Nouveau design applied to public urban infrastructure.
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Art Nouveau design flourished primarily between the 1890s and 1910s, characterized by organic flowing lines inspired by natural forms such as flowers, vines, and insects.