art nouveau
Isaac Kremer/ November 30, 2024/ / 0 comments
A style which evolved in Europe and the US in the 1890s and reached a peak at the turn of the century. Its leading motif is a sinuous, sometimes vegetal, often tense line, which was particularly suited to ironwork, columns and railings. In architecture it led to asymmetry and novel curving plans. (Conway, 1994) Photo from New York City, New York, 2005.