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Art Nouveau by Gabriele Fahr-Becker (Paperback, 2007)

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This exquisite paperback book by Gabriele Fahr-Becker titled "Art Nouveau" is the perfect addition to any art lover's collection. Published in 2007 by Konemann, this book boasts 428 pages full of stunning visual representations of the Art Nouveau era. The book measures 257mm in height and 222mm in width, making it a substantial size to display on any bookshelf or coffee table. The author's expertise in the topic shines through in every page, with detailed information on the history, style, and key players of the Art Nouveau movement. Whether you're a seasoned collector or a newcomer to the world of art, this book is sure to leave a lasting impression.

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With this volume, Gabriele Fahr-Becker delivers a complex portrait of the Art Nouveau phenomenon in all of its fantastic variety. It features different national variations of Art Nouveau in Scotland, England, France, Germany, Austria, the United States and other countries. It offers a comprehensive portrayal of famous individual artists including Louis Comfort Tiffany, Edward Munch, and Rene Lalique. It contains biographies of the most significant artists, and an extensive glossary. The unity of art and life was the expressed goal of the Art Nouveau movement, the prelude to modernity. On the basis of shared ideas its adherents strove for a homogenous style, which nonetheless took on manifold variations in its expression. Dr. Gabriele Fahr-Becker pursues this will to style in architecture, interior decor, furniture design, silver and goldsmithery, ceramics and glasswork, graphic arts and painting. The author leads her readers through the diverse national variations of Art Nouveau in Europe and the United States. Artists and their contemporaries explain the significance of the literary and philosophical as well as cultural and political background by means of many theories and writings. The countless permutations of Art Nouveau are woven into a complex and yet distinctive picture of this artistic movement at the turn of the twentieth century.