Art Noveau vs Impressionism
Adele Bloch-Bauer painted by Gustav Klimt F. Champenois Imprimeur-Éditeur in Vienna, Austria, 1907 painted by Alfons Mucha in Paris, France, 1897 Art Nouveau Our first style is art nouveau. These artists favored curving, organic lines like the ones depicted in these two works. Another thing these two have in common is the striking contrast between delicately shaded flesh and the flat graphic shapes that surround them. They also do not have an iterative focus on historical events. Instead, they choose to depict subjects like women, flowers, and anim...