Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau (French for "new art") is an art and design style that peaked in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century. Other, more localized terms for the cluster of self-consciously radical, somewhat mannered reformist chic that formed a prelude to 20th-century modernism, included "Jugendstil" in Germany, named for the snappy avant-garde periodical Jugend ('Youth') or "Sezessionstil" in Vienna, where forward-looking artists and designers seceded from the mainstream salon exhibitions, to exhibit on their own in more congenial surroundings.

Geographical scope of Art Nouveau

Principal centers of the style were:

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• Mannheim (destroyed in Allied bombing)
• Barcelona
• Brussels
• Darmstadt
• Moscow
• Glasgow
• London
• Paris
• St.Petersburg, Russia
• Munich
• Nancy
• New York
• Vienna

Other centers included:

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• Amsterdam
• Ålesund
• Berlin
• Chicago, Illinois
• Helsinki
• Ljubljana
• Oslo
• Prague
• R?ga
• The Hague
• Subotica
• Vladivostok
• La Chaux-de-Fonds