150 Full-Color Art Nouveau Patterns and Designs

by Friedrich Wolfrum and Co. and Friedrich Wolfrum and Co.

The novelty of Art Nouveau derived in part from its innovative approach to the very concept of art. More than just a style, it eliminated the barriers between fine and applied arts and embodied a new way of thinking about modern society and production methods. Art Nouveau attempted nothing less than the redefinition of the meaning and nature of art.
This multipurpose treasury features luxuriant patterns and designs that date from the early twentieth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486445119
• ISBN13: 9780486445113
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Don’t buy this book

I don’t know who decided these images were art nouveau, but they aren’t. The major part of the art nouveau was the swishing line which doubled and curled around itself. Theres none of that in this book. The colors they pick are not typical pastel art nouveau colors either. If you’ve ever seen a book of patterns by Mucha, you’d hate these. I was so disappointed. The stuff looks more victorian to me and totally unusable.