Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau was an international art and design movement

that took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This
movement began in response to the very strict and formal
Neoclassical and Romantic art movements. Instead of focusing
on realistic or idealistic rendering, artists in this movement
drew inspiration from natural forms, such as plants and sea
creatures. Work from this style is characterized by the repeated
use of organic, flowing curves known as whiplashes, and use of
flat areas of color (an element borrowed from Japanese wood
block printing.)
This piece of art, a dining-room cabinet by Belgian architect
and designer Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, is dominated by organic
curved forms, from the wood bars on the doors, to the elegantly
shaped copper hinges and handles, which are accented with
small panels of green enamel in a flat graphic style.

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designer
date
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Cabinet-vitrine
Gustave Serrurier-Bovy
1899
Wood, glass, copper, enamel
94 x 84 x 25 in.