trends & styles

chapter 1 

1880-1910
turn of the century

NO TURNING BACK

> excitement: remarkable inventions
> designers embracing new technology
> contemporary & timeless inspiration

> Art Nouveau (1880-1915)
> Post-Impressionism (after 1886)

Victor Horta, Hotel Tassel,
Brussels

Victor Horta, Hotel Solvay,
Brussels

Examples of the ‘whiplash curve’ in Art Nouveau design

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Alphonse Mucha

Antoni Gaudi, Casa Mila, Barcelona,

1906-1912

Vienna Secession

Hector Guimard, Paris

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Utagawa Kunisada, Shunga
(Bijin hiding her face), 1837

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,
Divan Japonais, 1892-1893

Auguste Rodin,

The Thinker, 1904

Vincent van Gogh,
The Starry Night,
1889