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A Deeper Dive into Art Nouveau

March 19, 2017 By Guy St. Clair

Good friends like to tease me about my attention to my special interests. When asked, I’m always quick to note that I have three (in no particular order): my love of elephants, my devotion to opera, and my joy in discovering the subtle—and sometimes not-so-subtle—pleasures of Art Nouveau. The first comes up pretty often, as …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture Tagged With: art nouveau, Bing (Siegfried), Gaillard (Eugène), Gaudi (Antoni), Guimard (Hector), Macdonald (Margaret), Mackintosh (Charles Rennie), Maison de l'Art Nouveau

Ah, Paris: Pierre Cardin’s Art Nouveau Museum at Maxim’s

January 26, 2014 By Guy St. Clair

In a recent post, I commented that I would be writing about subjects that are of particular interest to me (well of course, Guy – isn’t that what a personal blog is all about?). I noted that among these special interests was l’art nouveau, the great design style that began in the so-called belle epoch and …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, Personal History Tagged With: art nouveau, decorative arts, Maxim's

Brussels Art Nouveau

February 24, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

  A typical floral Art Nouveau doorway OK. I’m going to stop being pretentious. My French is all right, and certainly I’m comfortable throwing around a few French phrases when I’m feeling particularly “continental” (and how can you feel otherwise when you’re thinking about Art Nouveau?). But I’m also beginning to realize that in all …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture Tagged With: architecture, art nouveau, Brussels, decorative arts

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