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Art Nouveau in Helsinki

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by on 14th-September-2008 at 01:32 PM (2412 Views)
If you walk around in Helsinki, you may realize that Art Nouveau has a great influence on the architecture.

My favourite building in Helsinki is the Pohjola Insurance Building designed by Eliel Saarinen and built in 1901.



But what is Art Nouveau?
Art Nouveau, also known as Jugendstil (German for 'youth style'), is an international movement and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that peaked in popularity at the turn of the 20th century (1890–1905).



A reaction to academic art of the 19th century, it is characterized by organic, especially floral and other plant-inspired motifs, as well as highly-stylized, flowing curvilinear forms.

Art Nouveau is an approach to design according to which artists should work on everything from architecture to furniture, making art part of everyday life.



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  1. reea's Avatar
      its true that the architecture really is nice! I really like the owl in the first picture!

      Art nouveau is a french term. art means art (no, really?) and nouveau is new.
      well just for some more facts about Art Nouveau!
      I guess we could call it Modern Art

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