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Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.

Sep 4, 2023, 13 tweets

Art Nouveau was a nature-inspired, decorative movement which flourished between 1890 and 1910 across Europe and the Americas.

A thread of its most beautiful examples 🧵

1. Gran Hotel Ciudad de México, Mexico City (1899)

2. The Félix Potin building, Paris (1904)

3. The facade of a jewelry store in Lille

4. Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona (1908)

5. Sterner's Studio, Brussels (1902)

6. The Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City (1934)

7. The Guaranty Building, Buffalo, NY (1896)

8. Entrance of the Lavirotte Building, Paris (1901)

9. The stairway at the Hôtel Tassel, Brussels (1893)

10. The elevator at Majolica House, Vienna (1898)

11. Casa Batlló, Barcelona (1906)

12. Liberty Bridge, Budapest (1896, rebuilt 1945)

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