Art Nou‧veau /ˌɑːt nuːˈvəʊ $ ˌɑːrt nuːˈvoʊ/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1900-2000; Language: French; Origin: 'new art']
a style of art that used plants and flowers in paintings and in the design of objects and buildings, popular in Europe and America at the end of the 19th century

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