Art Nouveau an international style of decoration and architecture which developed in the 1880s and 1890s. The name comes from the Maison de l'Art Nouveau, an interior design gallery opened in 1896 in Paris. Actually the movement had different names throughout Europe. In Germany they called it 'Jugendstil', from the magazine Diejugend published from 1896; in Italy 'Stile Liberty' or 'Floreale'; in Spain 'Modernista', in Austria 'Sezessionstil' and, interestingly enough, in France the English term 'Modern Style' was often used, highlighting the English origins of the movement.
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