Art Nouveau exploded onto the art and design scene in the early 1890s and spread rapidly throughout the Western world. This lush volume-created to accompany a major museum exhibition that opened at the Victoria and u0026 Albert Museum, London, before moving to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., in October 2000-is the most beautiful, complete, and wide-ranging study ever published on this enormously popular and influential style. A wealth of illustrations and rare period photographs showcase masterpieces in all mediums-from Tiffany lampshades, Mucha posters, Klimt paintings, and Lalique jewelry to architecture by Victor Horta, Antoni Gaud, and Louis Sullivan. The text, by 20 leading scholars, is a timely reappraisal of a style that flourished at the turn of the last century, in a world grappling with new ideas and rapid social change. Decadent yet popular, both loved and hated, Art Nouveau gave rise to the concept of an all-encompassing and “lifestyle environment and “-a total work of art designed to appeal to the broadest possible audience. This season’s most scintillating art book, Art Nouveau, 1890-1914 will be unrivaled for years to come. PAUL GREENHALGH is head of research at the Victoria and u0026 Albert Museum, London. Former head of art history at Camberwell College of Art, he is the author of several books and articles, and a contributor to Abrams’ A Grand The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum. He lives in London. 507 illustrations, 407 in full color, 496 pages, 81 4 x 93 4 and “

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