Studies on the History of Society and Culture
Debora L. Silverman. University of California Press, $37.95 (450pp) ISBN 978-0-520-08088-1
Silverman argues that the term Art Nouveau changed meaning in the last decade of the 19th century, as French esthetics shifted away from iron-and-glass architecture and toward interior domesticity. Illustrations. (Oct.)
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Reviewed on: 10/05/1992
Genre: Nonfiction