Art Nouveau landmarks
Art Nouveau ( AR(T) noo-VOH; French: [aʁ nuvo] ; lit. 'New Art') is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts.
It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers. Other characteristics of Art Nouveau were a sense of dynamism and movement, often given by asymmetry or whiplash lines, and the use of modern materials, particularly iron, glass, ceramics and later concrete, to create unusual forms and larger open spaces
13 landmarks in this catalogue are recorded as Art Nouveau, across 12 cities. The examples here run from about 1850 to 1934. 13 of them are photographed.
Most examples: Helsinki (2), Antwerp (1), Bratislava (1), Ljubljana (1), Melbourne (1), Mexico City (1)
| Landmark | City | Built | Architect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antwerp Central Station | Antwerp | 1895–1905 | Louis Delacenserie |
| Blue Church | Bratislava | 1913 | Ödön Lechner |
| Helsinki Central Station | Helsinki | 1919 | Eliel Saarinen |
| National Museum of Finland | Helsinki | 1916 | Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen |
| Dragon Bridge | Ljubljana | 1901 | |
| Flinders Street railway station | Melbourne | 1909 | |
| Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | 1934 | Federico Ernesto Mariscal Piña |
| Church of Saints Simon and Helena | Minsk | 1905–1910 | Tomasz Pajzderski |
| Pont Alexandre III | Paris | 1900 | Joseph Cassien-Bernard |
| Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion | Penang | late 19th century | |
| Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts | Santiago | 1910 | Emile Jéquier |
| Stockholm City Hall | Stockholm | 1923 | Ragnar Östberg |
| Bauhaus University Main Building | Weimar | 1911 | Henry van de Velde |
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The description above is from the English Wikipedia article on Art Nouveau. The style attributed to each landmark comes from Wikidata, not from us — a building can honestly carry two, and several here do.