Art Nouveau, nature, Art Deco and industrial influence

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After some digging around, I've been unable to come up with a satisfactory description of the way in which the Victorian aesthetic led to Art Nouveau and then to Art Deco. I've always assumed that one was, in some sense, a reaction to its predecessor, but I'm unsure of this. Would it be fair to say that Art Nouveau was a counterattack on the industrial revolution and that art deco was, in some cyclical sense a "re-embracing of it?"

-- Tim Brosnan (tim@timbalo.com), May 06, 2001

Answers

No it wouldn't! i think that's the wrong angle in which to view it. it's too assuming! but please do get back to me soon, and i'd like to hear more of your theories.

danny

-- danny gillespie (dangillespie12@hotmail.com), April 18, 2004.


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