Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau developed as a style in rejection of what?

• British Arts & Crafts

• Victorian historic imitation

• The Crystal Palace

• Bad paintings

What was the main subject of the decorative ornamentation in Art Nouveau?

• Abstraction

• Non-Objectivity

• Nature

The most recognizable hallmark of the more expressive Art Nouveau seen in France and Belgium is...

• Steel Structure

• Duck Heads

• Geometric pattern

• Whiplash Curve

What eventually led to the dissolution of Art Nouveau as a style?

2 answers

• Industrial manufacturing

• No stylistic consistency

• People got vertigo from a lack of straight walls

• The onset of WW I

Who designed the Tassel House, considered to be the first true Art Noouveau building?

• Gustav Klimt

• Victor Horta

• Alphonse Mucha

• Louis Majorelle

The 2 schools of French Art Nouveau were:

• Paris and Nicole

• Fred and Wilma

• Paris and Nancy

• Betty and Veronica

The Paris School valued what versus the Nancy School:

• Organic Curves vs. Geometry

• Paint vs. Inlay

• Steel vs. Wood

• Artistic Character vs. Present Need

Who designed a large number of Paris metro stations in 1894?

• Victor Horta

• Hector Guimard

• Van Eetvelde

• Lorenzo Llamas

Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the 4 other 'Mac's' worked in Scotland under what was to become referred to as which kind of style?

• Gangnam Style

• Edinburgh Style

• Glasgow Style

• London-ish

Mackintosh's first commission was a competition entry to add on to what structure?

• Willow Tea Room

• Glasgow School of Art

• Big Ben

• Castel Beranger