I am reposting this blog for the WordPress weekly photo challenge, theme Boundaries. Art Nouveau style made heads turn at its time but I think it is one of the most beautiful style ever invented. Enjoy this reading….
Voted best facade in Paris 1901, the front door of the building caused scandal when on closer inspection the door clearly represented male “rude bits”.
I would like to take an opportunity to celebrate Siegfried Bing, an enterprising German chappie whose shop, Maison de l’Art Nouveau gave the name to the entire art and design movement at the turn of the previous century.
He began his career importing Japanese items to Paris and published a monthly journal, Le Japon Artistique, which influenced people like Gustav Klimt and was crucial to the Japanese influence on the new artistic style.
His store was no cheap bargain mart, Henry van de Velde designed the interior of the gallery, while Louis Comfort Tiffany supplied stained glass. Bing then filled it with exquisite items ranging from fabrics designed by William Morris, glassware by Tiffany, jewellery by Edward Colonna, paintings by Édouard Vuillard, ceramics by Rookwood…
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Valentina Expressions 
Oct 09, 2015 @ 17:06:13
Oh OH I love this. I’m completely in love with art nouveau and jugendstill. To come home to a home like that. Love!
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Oct 09, 2015 @ 20:20:55
I absolutely love the style, it gives me harmony.
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