Architecture Quiz Answer #545

Answers . 18 January 2012


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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler

Created by Dave Guadagni

Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
Architecture Puzzler #545

Question

Art Nouveau is associated with what decades? How did the name originate?

Answer

Art Nouveau is associated with the 1880s, 1890s, and early 1900s. "Maison de l'Art Nouveau" was the name of a shop in Paris that sold objects of "modern style" as opposed to imitation period pieces. This movement away from imitation of the past started in book production and textiles in England in the 1880s.

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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects

An Art Nouveau-style poster designed by J.C. Leyendecker.
Photo: Courtesy Library of Congress

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