"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Art Nouveau, or "new art" in French, is an architectural and artistic movement that emerged in the late ...

It is difficult to convey the giddy joy I felt one day in Berlin-that gray grid of a city-upon opening an unsuspecting gate and feeling in my hand no ordinary doorknob, but iron in the shape of a ...

From enamel laden engagement rings to golden cameo cufflinks, there's a piece of art nouveau jewelry for everyone—whether there's a wedding on the horizon or not. Every item on this page was chosen by ...

William L. Carqueville, "Lippincott's, April" (1895), 19 x 12 7/16 inches, Leonard A. Lauder Collection of American Posters (all images courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art) Deceptively niche as it ...

Medusa plates, ‘Challenger Reports, vol. 4’ (1882), Royal Society Edinburgh Archive (all images from ‘Art Forms from the Abyss: Ernst Haeckel’s Images From The HMS Challenger Expedition,’ courtesy ...

"The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art" Credit: Brian Chilson Like a renegade plant sprouting through cracks in the concrete, Art Nouveau blossomed in Europe and the U.S.

The Quick Trick: It all comes down to "flowery" vs. "streamlined." Art Nouveau is the decorative one. Art Deco is sleeker. The Explanation: Both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements emerged as ...

There’s hardly a more rewarding aspect of travel than strolling a new locale, like a modern-day flâneur. The experience is especially sweet when you see something unexpectedly stunning, as I did some ...

It was a department store that made Hermann Leopold Ammende the wealthiest man in the coastal Estonian resort town of Pärnu, and that allowed him to build the mansion that now bears his name. But ...