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Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an decorative art style prevelant in the late 19th century into the early 20th. Art Nouveau was popular across Europe and in the United States as well. This is characterized by intricate patterns of curving lines.

Artists associated with this movement are the American glassmaker Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Klimt.

Art Nouveau remained popular until around the time of World War I, and was ultimately replaced by the Art Deco style.

Arte Povera

Italian for "Poor Art", the term Arte Povera was formidable in the 1960's and 1970's, and is a label for a small group of artists who were experimenting with nontraditional and politically charged art.

"These artists created and explored modes of expression such as ephemeral art, performance art, installation art and assemblage. These techniques have since become extremely common tools in contemporary art; in fact this is one of the reasons that such a small and short-lived movement continues to have such relevance today." - Artcyclopedia

Often considered the founder of Conceptual Art, Marcel Duchamp was a big influence on these artists.



Nathan Paul Gibbs