Book 1 Art Nouveau Poster - Masterpieces of Art 127 pages Hard cover 24 x 21 cm English Art Nouveau Posters is as vivacious and optimistic as the period from which it derives its power to appeal, the Fin de Siècle. Combining advertising and art, by artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Alphonse Mucha and Jules Chéret, these beautiful posters offer an intriguing view of a society reveling in its new-found sophistication. With a fresh and thoughtful introduction to the movement and its posters, the book goes on to showcase the key works in all their glory. ----------------------------- Book 2 Art Nouveau - Masterpieces of Art 127 pages Hard cover 24 x 21 cm English Founded in the 1880s as a response to the art world's elitist obsession with painted and sculptural arts, 'New Art' quickly found ethusiastic support. Art Nouveau combined a desire for the complete reflection of art through craft and design, with the flowing lines of nature and Japonisme. It remains hugely popular, with the ever-present work of Mucha, Klimt, Toulouse-Lautrec and Mackintosh.