art nou·veau also Art Nou·veau (är n -v  , ärt)n. A style of decoration and architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterized particularly by the depiction of leaves and flowers in flowing, sinuous lines. [French : art, art + nouveau, new.] |
Art Nouveau [ɑː nuːˈvəʊ (French) ar nuvo]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Movements)
a. a style of art and architecture of the 1890s, characterized by swelling sinuous outlines and stylized natural forms, such as flowers and leaves
b. (as modifier) an Art-Nouveau mirror
[French, literally: new art]
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| Noun | 1. |  art nouveau - a French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s; characterized by stylized natural forms and sinuous outlines of such objects as leaves and vines and flowersschool - a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting" art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles |
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