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Art Nouveau and the Classical Tradition (Paperback)
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Art Nouveau and the Classical Tradition (Paperback)
Series: IMAGINES - Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts
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Art Nouveau was a style for a new age, but it was also one that
continued to look back to the past. This new study shows how in
expressing many of their most essential concerns - sexuality, death
and the nature of art - its artists drew heavily upon classical
literature and the iconography of classical art. It challenges the
conventional view that Art Nouveau's adherents turned their backs
on Classicism in their quest for new forms. Across Europe and North
America, artists continued to turn back to the ancient world, and
in particular to Greece, for the vitality with which they sought to
infuse their creations. The works of many well-known artists are
considered through this prism, including those of Gustav Klimt,
Aubrey Beardsley and Louis Comfort Tiffany. But, breaking new
ground in its comparative approach, this study also considers some
of the movement's less well-known painters, sculptors, jewellers
and architects, including in central and eastern Europe, and their
use of classical iconography to express new ideas of nationhood.
Across the world, while Art Nouveau was a plural style drawing on
multiple influences, the Classics remained a key artistic
vocabulary for its artists, whether blended with Orientalist and
other iconographies, or preserving the purity of classical form.
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