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Art Nouveau

English aesthetic style from 1870s/1880s, developing as an off shoot of the Arts and Crafts Movement. It displayed an emphasis on linear and floral decoration, anticipating the continental Art Nouveau movement. It sits within the wider heading of Aesthetic movement (Art); Art.

Also recorded as L'Art nouveau Bing (Paris) · Modern style (Art nouveau) · Modernismo (Art nouveau) · Belle époque art

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