Movement
Art Nouveau
Explore in the Atlas →A turn-of-the-century style of sinuous, vegetal lines and new iron-and-glass construction, pioneered by Victor Horta in Brussels and Hector Guimard in Paris; it flourished in private houses, shops, arcades and the Paris Métro entrances.
Exchange Ephemerality
Details
- Origin
- Brussels, Belgium
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ObservationLived experience
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- ApprenticeshipText drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- preceded Art Deco
Referenced by
- Arts and Crafts Movement influenced
- Walter Benjamin associated with
Sources
- Nikolaus Pevsner. Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius. Faber & Faber, 1936.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Art Nouveau." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/art-nouveau/. Accessed July 17, 2026.