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Jugendstil: see art nouveau art nouveau , decorative-art movement centered in Western Europe. It began in the 1880s as a reaction against the historical emphasis of mid-19th-century art, but did not survive World War I.
..... Click the link for more information. . JugendstilArtistic style that arose near the end of the 19th century in Germany and Austria. Its name was derived from the Munich magazine Die Jugend (“Youth”), founded in 1896, which featured Art Nouveau designs. Its early phase, primarily floral in character, was rooted in English Art Nouveau and Japanese prints; a more abstract phase emerged after 1900. Primarily a style in architecture and the decorative arts, it also included the great Austrian painter Gustav Klimt. Jugendstil “Youth style”; the German version of Art Nouveau. Jugendstil a term used in art studies in reference to the German branch of art nouveau. It was derived from the name of the Munich-based journal Jugend (1896), which popularized the style. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | People from the Communist International, the Comintern, probably did mutter to each other in the Hotel Lux, now operating as "Tsentralnaya" in the Tverskaya (once "Gorky") Street leading down to Red Square--the restaurant still has the gilded Jugendstil caryatids of yore--that the problem with the Russians was that they were a bit crude and drank too much. Local architects and designers have no problems using the eclectic mix of styles, designs and approaches--from stylized, flowing forms of Jugendstil so popular in the capital city of Riga, to opulent, 'in your face' Art Deco shapes to the monumental Baroque structures. Although the decaying buildings of Paris's "Halle" series originally provoked reaction because they denied the Utopian ideal of the socialist city, pointed political comment went undetected--the exposed snow-covered rafters of a dilapidated Jugendstil building was not interpreted as a direct criticism of the policy of allowing historic buildings to decay in order to justify their demolition. |
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