Art Nouveau Design

5" X 7"

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Leather look and feel

Tan, suede color

Saddle-Stitched

Each comes with a storycard describing the history or inspiration behind the design. The text to this journal's storycard is below.

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Storycard Included:

"An international style of decoration and architecture which developed in the 1880's and 1890's. The name derives from the Maison de l'Art Nouveau, an interior design gallery opened in Paris in 1896. Art nouveau was a concerted attempt to create an international style based on decoration. It was developed by a brilliant and energetic generation of artists and designers, who sought to fashion an art form appropriate to the modern age. During this extraordinary time, urban life as we now understand it was established. Old customs, habits and artistic styles sat alongside new, combining a wide range of contradictory images and ideas. Many artists, designers and architects were excited by new technologies and lifestyles, while others retreated into the past, empracing the spirit world, fantasy and myth."