Art Nouveau

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Introduction: new horizons: art, architecture and design at the Fin-de-sic̈le -- 1: In what style should we build? Form and ornament -- 2. Nature and new forms -- 3. Myths and legends: symbolism and visions of other worlds -- 4. The patron-collector -- 5. Print: the explosion of visual culture -- 6. The designer and the manufacturer -- 7. Art nouveau and transportation -- 8. Psychology and the modern mind in crisis -- 9. Dream spaces: the Fin-de-siecle interior -- 10. Art nouveau and the modern woman -- 11. Colonialism, imperialism and transnational art nouveau -- 12. Art nouveau sculptures and the modern body -- Conclusion. The multiple and the elite in a world of change.