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Art nouveau
An exaggerated asymmetrical decorative style that originated and spread throughout Europe from circa 1890 to 1910. It makes use of undulating forms of all kinds, notably the whiplash curve of tendrils or plant stems, but in particular flames and waves and flowing hair of stylized female figures.
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