British Art Nouveau

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British Art Nouveau was a late 19th- and early 20th-century artistic movement in Britain characterized by sinuous lines, stylized natural forms, and a fusion of fine and decorative arts in architecture, design, and illustration.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
British Art Nouveau canonical 4
Irish Art Nouveau 1
London Art Nouveau 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
design movement
country Britain
linked to: Great Britain

United Kingdom
endTime early 20th century
field architecture
book design
ceramic design
furniture design
graphic design
illustration
interior design
metalwork
stained glass
textile design
follows Aesthetic Movement
Arts and Crafts movement
hasCharacteristic asymmetry
flattened decorative patterning
fusion of fine and decorative arts
ornamental detail
sinuous lines
stylized natural forms
hasPart English Art Nouveau
linked to: Art Nouveau

Glasgow Style
Irish Art Nouveau
linked to: British Art Nouveau

London Art Nouveau
linked to: British Art Nouveau

Scottish Art Nouveau
linked to: British Art Nouveau
inception late 19th century
influenced British book illustration
British graphic design
British poster design
Edwardian decorative arts
early modernist architecture in Britain
influencedBy Arts and Crafts movement
Japanese art
Symbolism
notableArtist Archibald Knox
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
Aubrey Beardsley
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Ricketts
Christopher Dresser
Frances Macdonald
George Skipper
George Walton
Henry van de Velde
Herbert MacNair
Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh
Selwyn Image
Walter Crane
notableInstitution Glasgow School of Art
Liberty & Co.
Savoy magazine
The Studio magazine
The Yellow Book
notableWork Aubrey Beardsley book illustrations
Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House interiors
Glasgow School of Art building
Liberty & Co. fabrics and furnishings
linked to: Liberty & Co.

Savoy magazine illustrations
The Willow Tearooms interiors
The Yellow Book illustrations
posters for the London Underground
partOf Art Nouveau
stylePeriod Edwardian era
Victorian era
typicalMotif abstracted plant stems and tendrils
female figures
floral patterns
lilies
peacocks
roses
whiplash curves

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The Four culturalContext British Art Nouveau
Herbert MacNair movement British Art Nouveau
The Spook School culturalContext British Art Nouveau
The Sleeping Princess hasCulturalContext British Art Nouveau
British Art Nouveau hasPart London Art Nouveau
linked to: British Art Nouveau
British Art Nouveau hasPart Scottish Art Nouveau
linked to: British Art Nouveau
British Art Nouveau hasPart Irish Art Nouveau
linked to: British Art Nouveau