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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
art nouveau
art nou·veau 7 BrE [ˌɑː(t) nuːˈvəʊ] NAmE [ˌɑːr(t) nuːˈvoʊ] (also Art Nouveau) noun uncountable
a style of decorative art and ↑architecture popular in Europe and the US at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century that uses complicated designs and curved patterns based on natural shapes like leaves and flowers
Word Origin:
[art nouveau] early 20th cent.: from French, literally new art.
Culture:
Art nouveau uses long curving lines influenced by the shapes of leaves and flowers. The most famous British artists and designers working in this style were Aubrey Beardsley and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
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