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ARCHITECTURE STYLE
ART NOUVEAU
Art Nouveau originally served as a guide to several disciplines from architecture
to painting, and furniture design to typography. As a reaction to the eclectic
styles that dominated Europe, Art Nouveau manifested itself in architecture in
decorative elements: the buildings, full of curved and sinuous lines, received
ornaments inspired by organic shapes such as plants, flowers, and animals, both
in terms of design and the use of color. Its first buildings were designed by
Belgian architect Victor Horta, however, the most emblematic exemplars were
authored by the Frenchman Hector Guimard.
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