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Laura-ween :bongoCat: πŸŽƒπŸ§™β€β™€οΈ

Someone said:

β€œArt Nouveau is when it looks made by elves.

Art Deco is when it looks made by dwarves.”

And after looking into it, I think they’re 100% correct.

#Art #Decoration

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Julien / Sphinx

@cmconseils thx! now I'll never confuse the names anymore :)

Schroedinger

@cmconseils Which is why I am clearly of elven descent.

Big Nouveau fan. Less so of Deco - while I appreciate it is stylish clean and elegant, I always feel it lacks the sense of the Blessed Realm that I find in Nouveau

SellaTheChemist

@cmconseils Is the one on the left Victor Horta? I dream of going back to Brussels to drool over his staircases… 

Robert Kist πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬

@cmconseils They should have taught it like that in the art history class I took long ago

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