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==Posterity== Criticized for "its primitive extravagances", Art Nouveau started to fade away after 1911.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Criticos|first1=Mihaela|title=Art Deco sau Modernismul Bine Temperat - Art Deco or Well-Tempered Modernism|date=2009|publisher=SIMETRIA|isbn=978-973-1872-03-2|page=79|language=en, ro}}</ref> In histories of European architecture in the 20th century, from the 1930s to the 1950s, influential historians, like [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], [[Sigfried Giedion]] and [[Henry-Russell Hitchcock]], did not take Art Nouveau into consideration. This left the first versions of Pevsner's ''The Genius of European Architecture'' without a mention of [[Hector Guimard]] or [[Antoni Gaudí]]. The first major works dealing with Art Nouveau were published at the end of the 1950s, with [[Johnny Watser]]. ===Influence on Art Deco=== <gallery mode="packed" heights="170px"> File:Mackintosh, House for an Art Lover, competition entry.jpg|Entry for the ''House for an art lover'' competition, by [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]] (1900)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Criticos|first1=Mihaela|title=Art Deco sau Modernismul Bine Temperat - Art Deco or Well-Tempered Modernism|date=2009|publisher=SIMETRIA|isbn=978-973-1872-03-2|page=80|language=en, ro}}</ref> File:Main view of the Bazil Assan House in Bucharest.jpg|[[Vienna Secession|Secessionist]] exterior of the Bazil Assan House (Strada Scaune no. 21–23, currently Strada Tudor Arghezi) in [[Bucharest]], by [[Marcel Kammerer]] (1902–1911), demolished in the late 1950s or the 1960s to make space for the [[National Theatre Bucharest]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artnouveau.patrimoniu.ro/vila-basile-g-assan-din-bucuresti-documentarea-unei-cladiri-sezession-disparute/#_ftnref3|title=Vila Basile G. Assan din București|author=Simina Stan|access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> File:Bruxelles - Palais Stoclet (3) (cropped center).jpg|Secessionist façade of the [[Stoclet Palace]] in [[Brussels]], by [[Josef Hoffmann]] (1905–1911)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Criticos|first1=Mihaela|title=Art Deco sau Modernismul Bine Temperat - Art Deco or Well-Tempered Modernism|date=2009|publisher=SIMETRIA|isbn=978-973-1872-03-2|page=81|language=en, ro}}</ref> File:Michael powolny e bertold löffler, putto con cornucopia, vienna 1912 ca.jpg|Secessionist [[putto]] with two [[cornucopia]]s with floral cascades, very similar to the ones found in a lot of Art Deco of the 1910s and 1920s, by [[Michael Powolny]], designed in {{circa|1907}}, produced in 1912, ceramic, [[Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wilhide|first1=Elizabeth|title=Design - The Whole Story|date=2022|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-29687-5|page=105}}</ref> File:Casa Collini in via Statuto 12, Milano (1919) arch. Giovanni Greppi.jpg|Via Statuto no. 12 (Art Deco) in [[Milan]], Italy, by [[Giovanni Greppi]] (1919), similar to Charles Rennie Mackintosh's buildings File:44 Calea Călărașilor, Bucharest (02).jpg|Art Deco door with spirals and sinuous lines, of the Mihai Zisman House ([[Calea Călărașilor]] no. 44) in Bucharest, by Soru (1920) File:Galdames (Vizcaya)-Museo de coches antiguos-24-Emblema de Rolls Royce 'El espíritu del éxtasis'.JPG|Art Deco [[Rolls Royce]] radiator figurine, similar to Art Nouveau ethereal figures of women in graceful wavy garments, designed by [[Charles Robinson Sykes]] (1920s), in the Antique and Classic Car Museum, [[Torre Loizaga]], [[Galdames]], Spain File:Museum, part of a series of sketches known as Une cité moderne, by Robert Mallet-Stevens, 1922.jpg|Art Deco museum design, similar to Josef Hoffmann's Secessionist buildings, part of a series of sketches known as ''Une cité moderne'', by [[Robert Mallet-Stevens]] (1922) File:Immeuble 76 quai de Jemmapes et 1 avenue Richerand à Paris le 15 janvier 2016 - 09.jpg|Art Deco balconies with sinuous bases of [[Avenue Richerand]] no. 1 in Paris, unknown architect ({{circa|1930}}) File:Avenue Montaigne (47128639262).jpg|Sinuous curves on the façade of [[Avenue Montaigne]] no. 26 in Paris, by [[Louis Duhayon]] and [[Marcel Julien]] (1937)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pss-archi.eu/immeubles/FR-75056-27646.html|website=pss-archi.eu|title=26, avenue Montaigne|access-date=27 September 2023}}</ref> </gallery> Art Nouveau was one of the factors that led to [[Art Deco]], a style created as a collective effort of multiple French designers to create a new modern style around 1910. This is because Art Nouveau broke the supremacy of 19th-century [[Revivalism (architecture)|revivalism]] and [[Eclecticism in architecture|eclecticism]], opposing academic conventions. Through its various manifestations, it invented new ornamental systems, no longer dependent on historical formulae, through curvy plant forms in most of the world, geometric decoration in [[Austria-Hungary]] and the UK, and reinterpretations of national tradition in the countries of [[Northern Europe|Northern]], [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]]. The idea of creating a new style, with new ornaments and shapes, was a significant contribution that Art Nouveau brought to the invention of Art Deco. Another aspect taken from Art Nouveau is the emphasis put on domestic luxury. Some of the fine details and sinuous lines of Art Nouveau are also found in Art Deco architecture and design of the 1920s, but slightly simplified. Similarly, the flat colours and visible outlines popularized by Art Nouveau posters are very often used in Art Deco illustration. Compared to many Art Nouveau designs, where the vegetal motifs seem to grow and morph on the object or architectural ornament, most Art Deco works have a clear compositional structure, similar to [[Neoclassicism]]. Aside from ideas taken from Franco-Belgian Art Nouveau, influence came also from the geometric motifs and volumes found in the UK and Vienna. The flowers, spirals and squares found here are very similar to the ones found in Art Deco. [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]] even anticipated Art Deco forms in his later creations. One of the [[Vienna Secession|Secessionist]] works that best anticipates the style is the [[Stoclet Palace]] in [[Brussels]], with its [[ziggurat]]-shaped setbacks, the vertical slit of the staircase window, and the overall simplicity and modest ornamentation.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Criticos|first1=Mihaela|title=Art Deco sau Modernismul Bine Temperat - Art Deco or Well-Tempered Modernism|date=2009|publisher=SIMETRIA|isbn=978-973-1872-03-2|pages=79–80|language=en, ro}}</ref> ===Revivals=== <gallery mode="packed" heights="180px"> File:San Francisco Oracle Cover Vol.1 No.5, January 1967.jpg|Cover of the ''[[San Francisco Oracle]]'', vol. 1, no. 5, from facsimile edition, an example of a [[psychedelic rock]] poster, unknown author (1966 or 1967) File:Touché Gent (32840632118).jpg|Kalandestraat no. 1 in [[Ghent]], [[Belgium]], by [[Denis Van Impe]] and [[Colette Van Vynckt]] (1980)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/307158|website=inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be|title=Boekhandel Intellect en stadswoning|date=20 June 2023 |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref> File:Waseda El Dorado 1.jpg|[[Waseda El Dorado]] in [[Tokyo]] by [[Von Jour Caux]] (1983) File:Wien - Hundertwasserhaus (03).JPG|[[Hundertwasserhaus]] in [[Vienna]] by [[Friedensreich Hundertwasser]] (1983–1985) File:16, Strada Dimitrie Racoviță, Bucharest (Romania) 1.jpg|Strada Dimitrie Racoița in [[Bucharest]], unknown architect ({{circa|2010}}) File:20190128 GoldGasse 9062 (46634300304).jpg|[[Gustav Klimt]]'s ''[[The Kiss (Klimt)|The Kiss]]'' printed on various objects in the window of a shop in [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]] (2019) </gallery> During the 1960s, [[Postmodernism]] was born. This was and is a movement that questions [[Modernism]] (the [[status quo]] after [[World War II]]), and promoted the inclusion and reinterpretation of elements of historic styles in new designs. Although several international exhibitions on Art Nouveau happened in the 1950s, a successful revival appeared in the 1960s, and especially in the 1970s with the rise of Postmodernism. Aside from exhibitions, this revival might be connected with the "[[flower power]]" generation that set the tone at the time recognized its own life ideals in the floral ornament and the erotically "emancipated" art themes of the years around 1900. Art Nouveau was also one of the main sources of inspiration for many [[Psychedelic art|posters]] of [[psychedelic rock]] from the same period. Leading proponents of the 1960s psychedelic art movement were [[San Francisco]] poster artists such as [[Rick Griffin]], [[Victor Moscoso]], [[Bonnie MacLean]], [[Stanley Mouse]], [[Alton Kelley]], and [[Wes Wilson]]. Compared to the earthy colours that characterize Art Nouveau, these posters had highly saturated colours put in contrast, and also highly stylised text, sometimes hard to read. This style flourished from about 1966 to 1972. [[Gustav Klimt]]'s iconic paintings are found today on many kitschy souvenirs: mugs, plates, napkins, key chains, and so on. ''[[The Kiss (Klimt)|The Kiss]]'' has been printed on countless sizes and materials. In a similar situation are [[Alphonse Mucha]]'s posters. One of the artists who found in Art Nouveau a major source of inspiration was the Austrian painter and architect [[Friedensreich Hundertwasser]]. He took inspiration from multiple sources, including [[Egon Schiele]], [[Baroque]] and [[Persian art|Persian]] miniature, and the curvy ornamentation of Art Nouveau.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wolf|first1=Norbert|title=Art Nouveau|date=2015|publisher=Prestel|isbn=978-3-7913-8155-8|page=277}}</ref>
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