the style characteristic of articles produced by Liberty; spec. (esp. with reference to Italy) art nouveau (cf. neo-Liberty, n.).

Also with capital initial. A radical movement in art that began in Vienna and was contemporaneous with, and related to, art nouveau; the style of…

= art nouveau, n.

= art nouveau, n. Frequently attributive.

A style of art developed in the last decade of the 19th cent., characterized by the free use of ornament based on organic or foliate forms and by…

A twisting or curving form of decoration characteristic of art nouveau; hence colloquial (with the) the style itself.

The German equivalent of art nouveau. Also attributive (occasionally with lower-case initial).

In Spain: art nouveau, esp. that form identified with Catalonia. Cf. Modernisme, n.

the style of the Sezession.

The style of art nouveau characteristic of Catalonia, in Spain. Cf. Modernismo, n.