front detail - 1925 Edgar Brandt fire screen
Front detail of a 1925 fire screen by metalsmith Edgar Brandt, on display as part of the "Jazz Age" exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
Brandt (1880-1960) was a French metalworker who lived in Paris. This fire screen, made of gilded wrought iron, depicts a stylized image of American dancer Isidora Duncan. The floral background is based on a style seen in Vienna in the 1910s. It was updated into an Art Nouveau style.
Art Nouveau was a style of art popular between 1890 and 1910. It was a reaction to the academism, Beaux-Arts, Neoclassicism, and Romanticism of the 19th century. Art Nouveau emphasized natural forms, particularly the curved lines of plants and flowers. Art Nouveau fell out of style by 1910, replaced by Art Deco and then Modernism.
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front detail - 1925 Edgar Brandt fire screen
Front detail of a 1925 fire screen by metalsmith Edgar Brandt, on display as part of the "Jazz Age" exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
Brandt (1880-1960) was a French metalworker who lived in Paris. This fire screen, made of gilded wrought iron, depicts a stylized image of American dancer Isidora Duncan. The floral background is based on a style seen in Vienna in the 1910s. It was updated into an Art Nouveau style.
Art Nouveau was a style of art popular between 1890 and 1910. It was a reaction to the academism, Beaux-Arts, Neoclassicism, and Romanticism of the 19th century. Art Nouveau emphasized natural forms, particularly the curved lines of plants and flowers. Art Nouveau fell out of style by 1910, replaced by Art Deco and then Modernism.
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