Art Nouveau was a sudden and relatively brief artistic movement of the late 19th century, in reaction against the sprawling industrialization. It is characterized by its curved lines, colorful ornamentations, nature motifs, and dense, arabesques forms.
The French term Art Nouveau imposed itself in English countries, and the influences of the movement reached across the world; in the U.S for example, Art Déco presents a more geometric, often monumental style.
Although works of Art Nouveau are found in greatest concentration in other cities of Northern Europe, Paris boasts a rich number of buildings, public structures and interiors displaying this remarkable style, using technologies new at the time, with shiny mediums like ceramic, glass, metal and wood.
Czech artist Alfons Mucha lived in Paris from 1887 to 1906 painted mostly works with women as a main subject, for public posters, Parisian music-halls, or for brands like Moët & Chandon champagne.
A. Mucha-Moët & Chandon, Crémant Impérial (1899)
