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Summary
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 What is Art Nouveau?
 What inspired Art Nouveau?
 Popularity of Art Nouveau
 Art Nouveau buildings in Vilnius
 Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
 Posthumous recognition
What is Art Nouveau?
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 Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of
art, architecture and applied art—especially the
decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–
1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art". It
is known also as Jugendstil, pronounced, German for
"youth style", named after the magazine Jugend, which
promoted it, as Modern in Russia, perhaps named after
Parisian gallery "La Maison Moderne", as Secession in
Austria-Hungary and its successor states after the
Viennese group of artists, and, in Italy, as Stile Liberty
from the department store in London, Liberty & Co.,
which popularised the style.
What inspired Art
Nouveau?
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 A reaction to academic art of the 19th century, it was
inspired by natural forms and structures, not only in
flowers and plants but also in curved lines.
Architects tried to harmonize with the natural
environment. It is also considered a philosophy of
design of furniture, which was designed according to
the whole building and made part of ordinary life.
Popularity of Art Nouveau
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 Art Nouveau was most popular in Europe, but its
influence was global. Hence, it is known in various guises
with frequent localised tendencies.
 Art Nouveau was also a style of distinct individuals such
as Gustav Klimt, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Alphonse
Mucha, René Lalique, Antoni Gaudí and Louis Comfort
Tiffany, each of whom interpreted it in their own manner.
 Although Art Nouveau was replaced by 20th-century
modernist styles, it is considered now as an important
transition between the historicism of Neoclassicism and
modernism. Furthermore, Art Nouveau monuments are
now recognised by UNESCO with their World Heritage
List as significant contributions to cultural heritage.[
Art Nouveau in Vilnius
 Academy of Science
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 The interior of Academy of Science
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Art Nouveau building in Gedimino
Avenue
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Art Nouveau building in Gedimino
Avenue
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Little building in Gedimino Avenue
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Some details
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Mikalojus Konstantinas
Čiurlionis
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 Birth name Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
 Born 22 September 1875
Senoji Varėna, Russian Empire
 Died 10 April 1911 (aged 35)
Pustelnik (Marki), Russian Empire
 Nationality Lithuanian
 Field Painting, musical composition
 Training Warsaw Conservatory, Leipzig
Conservatory, Warsaw School of Fine Arts
 Movement Symbolism; Art Nouveau
 Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis also known as
M. K. Čiurlionis (1875 – 1911) was a Lithuanian
painter and composer. Čiurlionis contributed to
symbolism and art nouveau and was representative
of the fin de siècle epoch. During his short life he
composed about 250 pieces of music and created
about 300 paintings. The majority of his paintings are
housed in the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum
in Kaunas, Lithuania. His works have had a
profound influence on modern Lithuanian culture.
The asteroid 2420 Čiurlionis is named after him.
 Čiurlionis felt that he was a synesthete; that is, he
perceived colors and music simultaneously. Many of
his paintings bear the names of musical pieces:
sonatas, fugues, and preludes.
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Rex
The Creation of the World
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Sonata of the Sea
The Creation of the World X
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Tranquility
Posthumous recognition
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 In 1911 the first posthumous exhibition of Mikalojus
Konstantinas Čiurlionis's art was held in Vilnius and
Kaunas. During the same year an exhibition of his art
was held in Moscow, and in 1912 his works were
exhibited in St. Petersburg. In 1957 the Lithuanian
community in Chicago opened the Čiurlionis Art
Gallery, hosting collections of his works. In 1963 the
Čiurlionis Memorial Museum was opened in
Druskininkai, in the house where Čiurlionis and his
family lived. This museum holds biographical
documents as well as photographs and
reproductions of the artist's works. The National M.
K. Čiurlionis School of Art in Vilnius was named
after him in 1965.
Posthumous recognition
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 Čiurlionis's works have been displayed at
international exhibitions in Japan, Germany, Spain,
and elsewhere. His paintings were featured at
"Visual Music" fest, an homage to synesthesia that
included the works of Wassily Kandinsky, James
McNeill Whistler, and Paul Klee, at the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 2005.
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National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art
Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis National Art Museum
Links
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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNzuHgge-s
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqd4g4Gl_UU
 http://www.mashpedia.com/Mikalojus_Konstantin
as_Čiurlionis