Art Noveau
Art Noveau is an international movement that extended from the 1890’s to 1910’s. This movement had many influences such as Japanese Design, the Pre-Raphaelite painters, Celtic and Nordic Art and especially the Arts and Crafts Movement of William Morris. It was a movement that walked under the flag of art that would break all connections from the past and bring down the barriers between the fine and applied arts.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1869-1928) is one of the most influential figures of Art Noveau, as he developed his original, unrivalled and linear style in architecture and decorative arts. He finely exploited natural and artificial lighting and explored new spatial concepts, based on strong traditional Scottish elements adapted to the modern way of life.