What are the differences between art nouveau, arts and crafts and bauhaus?
art nouveau is based upon a whiplash curve, usually with a lot of flowers and a distinct and elaborate border. French metro signs are good examples of art nouvaeu Arts and crafts was a movement that created bespoke pieces of art and furniture using old craft techniques. William Morris is most closely associated with Arts and Crafts Bauhaus was a German design school who championed the used of simple goemteric shapes and colors in their designs. Art Deco could be considered a sucsessor or a continuation of Bauhaus. And is kind of an opposite of Art Nouveau where Art Nouveau used a whiplash curve and highly detailed linear art work, Art Deco reduces the form to simplitic shapes and colours.
