Session 3 : Art nouveau

Glasgow

Glasgow is one of the few places in England where you will find Art Nouveau. In Glasgow the movement was named the "group of four", it was created by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Mackintosh's work highly influenced the movement of Art Nouveau. the most famous Art Nouveau building is the Glasgow school of arts building by Mackintosh.

Vienna

The most important part of the Art nouveau architecture were the ornaments, these were used especially for the exterior of the buildings, along with marble, glass, tiles, metal applications ad colourful pieces. One of the most important Art Nouveau buildings, the Viennna Secession, displays floral ornaments. It was built by Joseph Maria Olbrich in 1898, it was the first exhibition building in central Europe to be dedicated to modern art. 

Madrid

 The Palace of Longoria is an Art Nouveau palace that a politician and financier Francisco Javier Gonzalez Longoria ordered to be built in the district of Chueca in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is known as Madrid's most notable example of modernist architecture. 

Nancy

From the 1870's, Nancy began attracting young and cultivated people and its population doubled between 1870 and 1914. The economic development of Nancy was conciderable and the group of Art Nouveau artists known as "Ecole de Nancy" made the capital of Lorraine a major centre of french decorative arts.