ART NOUVEAU AND THE CLASSICAL TRADITION

Art Nouveau was a style for a new age, but it was also one that continued to look back to the past. This new study shows how in expr essing many of their most essential concerns sexuality, death and the nature of art its artists drew heavily upon classical lite rature and the iconography of classical art. It challenges the conventional view that Art Nouveau's adherents turned their backs on Classicism in their quest for new forms. Across Europe and North America, artists continued to turn back to the ancient world, and i n particula...[Read more]