art nouveau

See also: Art Nouveau

English

Hôtel Verlaine in Liège, Belgium, an example of a building designed in an art nouveau style

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French art nouveau (literally “new art”).

Noun

art nouveau (uncountable)

  1. A decorative style of art and architecture that especially used the sinuous and flowing lines of plants.

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

art nouveau m (uncountable)

  1. art nouveau (a style of art and architecture)
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