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Erest in organic forms is also found in the work of French glass designer Emile Galle. Working from his hometown of Nancy, Galle produced a variety of glassware decorated with leaves, vines, and flowers. He fused layers of different colored glass and then cut designs into the glass to reveal the color he wanted, a technique that also added greater depth to the design. Alphonse Mucha made similar contributions1899-1904, Chicago, Illinois), and other structures. Whether in wrought iron or terra cotta, Sullivan’s ornamentation is based on plantlike forms and patterns of complex, interlocking lines. Art nouveau represents the beginning of modernism in design ( see Modern Architecture). It occurred at a time when mass-produced consumer good.
JSecession designers rejected historical styles; but in Vienna they expressed this through an increasing simplification of form. Rather than embracing the writhing organic forms of Endell or Obrist in Munich, Viennese artists moved towards the restrained ge in Vienna as Sezessionstil (secession style). Hoffmann utilized traditional building materials—marble, glass, and bronze—but arranged the building around an unconventional, asymmetrical entrance. Outlining the sober marble exterior walls are delicate bronze latticework and edging, which suggest an almost playful quali.
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