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Why Don't We Live in an Art Nouveau World?
Asterisk Magazine has published an essay asking why Art Nouveau, the ornate architectural and design style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, faded rather than becoming the default aesthetic of the modern world. The piece examines the movement's brief flowering in cities like Paris, Vienna and Barcelona, and what its decline says about how architectural styles rise and disappear. Readers are debating whether cost, taste or industrial production killed the style.
Why now: The essay's argument about why a once-popular decorative style vanished is sparking discussion about aesthetics, cost and modern architecture.
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- Why Don't We Live in an Art Nouveau World? · shcallaway · 156
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