Not All Is Lost In England And Wales. Catholic Bishop Ensures Proper Catholic Education.

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The Bishop of Plymouth,

Right Reverend Mark O'Toole.

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of The Bishop of Plymouth,

Right Reverend Mark O'Toole.

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The Rt Rev. Mark O’Toole, Bishop of Plymouth, has officially issued a Canonical Decree, known as a ‘Recognitio’, establishing the School of the Annunciation as a Catholic Institute of Higher Education. The School’s campus at Buckfast Abbey is located within the Diocese of Plymouth.

Bishop O’Toole has taken a keen interest in the School since its beginning in early 2014, becoming one of the School’s two patrons, alongside Cardinal Pell, and appointing a Diocesan Priest, Fr Guy de Gaynesford, as the School’s first Rector.

This Decree, establishing the School as a Catholic Institute of Higher Education, is in accordance with article 3§1 of Ex Corde Ecclesiae, the Apostolic Constitution of Pope St John Paul II concerning Catholic Universities and Institutions of Higher Learning in The Church. In doing so, Bishop O’Toole also gave his consent to the use of the term “Catholic” in the Titles of the School in an Official Capacity, as described in the requirements of Canon Law (Canon 808).

In another significant move, Bishop O’Toole has also issued Mandatum Letters to full-time and associate Staff of the School. These Letters are Canonical recognition, given by the Local Bishop, that those who teach at, or for, the School, meet the requirements The Church lays down for authentic teachers of Catholic Theology and related disciplines, including their manifest fidelity to The Church’s Magisterium.

Fr Guy de Gaynesford, the Rector of the School of the Annunciation, writes:

“Bishop O’Toole’s Recognitio and Mandatum Letters are vitally important for the future development of the School, because they will assist us in forging partnerships with other Catholic Colleges and Universities, such as Franciscan University Steubenville. The Bishop’s Canonical endorsement of the School and her Staff will assure other Catholic Institutes of Higher Education of the vision and commitment of the School of the Annunciation to authentic and loyal fidelity to The Church and to the norms and requirements The Church lays down for authentic Teachers of Theology, Philosophy and Catechesis.

"In its short history, the School has certainly had so much for which to give thanks for to The Lord and to Our Lady of Buckfast, regarding the rapid growth of this new initiative placed at the Service of The Church’s call for a New Evangelisation. This endorsement and support, from our patron and Diocesan Bishop, is yet another Grace in answer to Prayer for which we can all give thanks, and for which we can express our gratitude to Bishop Mark O’Toole, offering Prayers for him and the work he has undertaken for the cause of the New Evangelisation in his Diocese and beyond.”

Notes:

The School of the Annunciation: Centre for the New Evangelisation is the UK’s only Higher Education School dedicated to the New Evangelisation. As described by Vatican Radio’s recent report, “Founded by some of the United Kingdom’s leading scholars in theology and evangelisation.”

The School of the Annunciation was founded by Dr Andrew Beards, Academic Director, Dr Caroline Farey, Director of Studies, Deacon Nick Donnelly, Director of Formation, together with the Abbot of Buckfast. Fr Guy de Gaynesford has recently been appointed the School’s first Rector. The patrons of the School of the Annunciation are His Eminence George Cardinal Pell, Prefect of the Secretariat of the Economy, and the Right Reverend Mark O’Toole, Bishop of Plymouth.

Franciscan University of Steubenville is one of twenty-two “Faithfully Catholic universities” cited by the US Cardinal Newman Society. The Franciscan Friars, who Founded and have operated Franciscan University since 1946, are members of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance (TOR) of the Province of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. More than seven hundred alumni of Franciscan University currently serve The Church as Bishops, Priests and Religious Brothers and Sisters.

Both Franciscan University of Steubenville and the School of the Annunciation adhere to the vision and principles contained in Pope St John Paul’s Apostolic Constitution, Ex corde Ecclesiae.

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The True Principles Of Pointed Or Christian Architecture. By Augustus Welby Pugin.

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Sarah Will Never Call The Park-Keeper A "Miserable Old Git" Again.

Gougane Barra Church, County Cork, Ireland.

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The Church at Gougane Barra (above and below).

Built on an Island, near the Monastery/Well site,

at the end of the 19th-Century.

Gougane Barra on a foggy Winter morning.

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Gougane Barra (Irish: Guagán Barra, meaning "The Rock of Barra") is a Settlement, West of Macroom, in County Cork, Ireland.

The name Gougane Barra comes from Saint Finbarr, who is said to have built a Monastery, on an Island in the Lake, during the 6th-Century. The present ruins date from around 1700, when a Priest, called Denis O'Mahony, Retreated to the Island.

During the times of The Penal Laws, Gougane Barra's remoteness meant that it became a popular place for the Celebration of The Roman Catholic Mass. The 19th-Century Oratory, which stands near the original Monastery, is famous for its picturesque location, and richly decorated Interior, and is a popular place for weddings.

Saint Finbarr's Oratory, Gougane Barra, West Cork, Ireland.

Part of a Monastery, Founded by Saint Finbarr in the 6th-Century A.D.,

on an Island (now joined to the surrounding Land 

by a Causeway) in Lough Gougane Barra.

Photo: 15 April 2004.

Source: From geograph.org.uk.

Author: Raymond Norris.

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It is a popular Pilgrimage destination, with Pilgrims coming to Pray a "Round of Prayers", described in a 'Tablet' at the entrance to the Island. This 'Round' includes Prayers at a series of Stone Cells, in a small Walled Court, as well as The Oratory. There is an hotel near The Oratory.

Saint Finbarr's Cathedral, Cork, Ireland.

Photo: 13 March 2006.

Source: Flickr.

Author: Flickr member Charlie cravero.

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Afforestation of the area, around the Settlement, began in 1938, and Gougane Barra is now home to a 1.42 square kilometre (or 138 hectare) Forest Park, with twenty different species of tree, mainly Sitka Spruce, Japanese Larch, Scots Pine and Lodgepole Pine, and a large number of native species of flora and fauna. The source of the River Lee rises in the hills above the Park and flows into Gougane Lake. The Forest Park has 5 km of motor trail and 10 km of hill walks, nature points and vista trails.

Down With Pews ! Away With Them ! Whereupon Fr. Z Discourses. Discuss.

The Nave,

York Minster,

England.

Once a year, The Minster removes all Pews, Chairs, Benches, etc, to permit the renovation, refurbishment, cleaning and repair, of The Minster's beautiful floor area.

Devoid of the usual plethora of Pews, Benches, etc, it suddenly reveals the magnificent grandeur that the original Mediaeval Masons intended to be seen.

I suspect that this dramatic visual enhancement is what Fr. Z was alluding to in his excellent Post, entitled "Down With Pews ! Away With Them !", which makes fascinating, compulsive, reading on his Blog at FR. Z's BLOG

Out Of The Mouths Of Babes . . .

"I love you, Mummy".

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Saint Zephyrinus (199 A.D. - 217 A.D.). Pope And Martyr. Feast Day 26 August.

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unless otherwise stated.

   Saint Zephyrinus.
   Pope and Martyr.

   Feast Day 26 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Pope Saint Zephyrinus

(199 A.D. - 217 A. D.).

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Happy Zephyrinus to all Readers of this Blog.

Today is The Feast Day of Saint Zephyrinus, Pope and Martyr.

Pope Saint Zephyrinus succeeded Pope Saint Victor on The Pontifical Throne and, like him, was Martyred (Gospel). He abolished the use of Wooden Chalices, in the Celebration of The Holy Sacrifice, and ordered them to be replaced by Glass Chalices. He prescribed that all The Faithful should receive Holy Communion on Easter Day.

He had to defend the Dogma of The Unity of God and The Trinity of Persons against the Sabellians. Besides this strife, he had to suffer persecution. God always supported him in his trials, in order to enable him to support The Flock of Christ (Epistle).

He died in 217 A.D., after a Pontificate of seventeen years.

English: The Church of Saint Zephyrinus of Stadacona

(Saint-Zéphirin-de-Stadacona) (built in 1890) in Quebec City, Canada.

Français: Église Saint-Zéphirin-de-Stadacona à Québec en 1986.

Construite en 1890 sur les plans de l'architecte Joseph-Ferdinand Peachy,

rénovée en 1918 par l'architecte Adalbert Trudel.

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Pope Zephyrinus (♰ 20 December 217 A.D.), was Bishop of Rome, or Pope, from 199 A.D., to his death in 217 A.D. He was born in Rome. His predecessor was Pope Victor I. Pope Zephyrinus was succeeded by his principal Advisor, who became Pope Callixtus I.

During the 17-year Pontificate of Zephyrinus, the young Church endured severe Persecution under the Emperor, Severus, until his death in the year 211 A.D. To quote Alban Butler, "this holy Pastor was the support and comfort of the distressed flock". According to Saint Optatus, Zephyrinus also combated new Heresies and Apostases, chief of which were Marcion, Praxeas, Valentine and the Montanists.

Eusebius insists that Zephyrinus fought vigorously against the blasphemies of the two Theodotuses, who, in response, treated him with contempt, but later called him the greatest defender of the Divinity of Christ. Although he was not physically Martyred for the Faith, his suffering – both mental and spiritual – during his Pontificate have earned him the title of Martyr.

During the reign of Emperor Severus (193 A.D. – 211 A.D.), relations with the young Christian Church deteriorated, and in 202 A.D., or 203 A.D., the edict of persecution appeared, which forbade Conversion to Christianity under the severest penalties.

Zephyrinus's predecessor, Pope Victor I, had excommunicated Theodotus the Tanner, for reviving a Heresy that Christ, while a Prophet, was only a mere man. Theodotus' followers formed a separate Heretical community at Rome, ruled by another Theodotus, the Money Changer, and Asclepiodotus. Natalis, who was tortured for his Faith during the Persecution, was persuaded by Asclepiodotus to become a Bishop in their sect, in exchange for a monthly stipend of 150 denarii.

Natalis then reportedly experienced several visions warning him to abandon these Heretics. According to an anonymous work, entitled The Little Labyrinth, and quoted by Eusebius, Natalis was whipped a whole night by an Angel; the next day he donned sackcloth and ashes and, weeping bitterly, threw himself at the feet of Zephyrinus.

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The Universe.

"Let Those Who Have Eyes, See . . ."

Some of the most breathtaking views in The Universe are created by Nebulae — hot, glowing clouds of gas. This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the centre of The Lagoon Nebula, an object with a deceptively tranquil name, in the Constellation of Sagittarius. The region is filled with intense winds from hot Stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic Star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Trauger (Jet Propulson Laboratory).

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Wikipedia states that Charles Darwin promoted "Natural Selection" to explain things.

He described himself as an Agnostic.

Wikipedia states that Richard Dawkins is an Atheist, a patron of the British Humanist Association, and a supporter of the Brights Movement. He is well known for his criticism of

Creationism and Intelligent Design.

In his 1986 book, The Blind Watchmaker, Dawkins argues against the Watchmaker Analogy, an argument for the existence of a Supernatural Creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he describes evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker.

If you travel for 15,000 Light Years,

and if you go to the Constellation of Sagittarius,

you will see this.

It is the spectacular cosmic pairing of the Star "Hen 2-427" — more commonly known as

"WR 124" — and the nebula "M1-67", which surrounds it. Both objects, captured here

by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, are found in the Constellation of Sagittarius

and lie 15,000 light-years away.

The Star "Hen 2-427" shines brightly at the very centre of this explosive image,

and around the hot clumps of surrounding gas that are being ejected into Space

at over 93,210 miles (150,000 km) per hour.

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Charles Darwin promoted "Natural Selection" to explain things.

He described himself as "an Agnostic".

Although we are used to seeing Saturn's Moons lit directly by the Sun, sometimes we can catch them illuminated by "Saturn-Shine." Here, we see Saturn's Moon "Mimas" (upper right of The Rings of Saturn) lit by light reflected off of Saturn.

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Wikipedia states that Jainism believes The Universe is eternal

and has no need for a Creator Deity.

"Every time I hear a new-born baby cry . . ."

"I Believe",

by

The Bachelors.

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"I Don't Mind If You Don't Like My Manners. I Don't Like Them Myself. They're Pretty Bad. I Grieve Over Them On Long Winter Evenings."

TAKE A PACKARD . . .

1949 Packard Station Sedan.

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ADD A DAME . . .

Lauren Bacall.

American Actress.

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AND A DASH OF RYE . . .

   

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PUT ON A TRENCH COAT

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AND WHAT D'YER GET ?

Screenshot of Humphrey Bogart

from the trailer for the film Invisible Stripes.

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"Nightmare".

by Artie Shaw.

[The perfect Finale to . . .

you know whom.]

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Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est La Même Chose.

The Right Reverend

Dom Prosper Guéranger, O.S.B.

(1805-1875),

Abbot of Solesmes Abbey,

France.

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"Persecution, which has not yet relented in our regard, under the ever-varying depositaries of secular power, has retarded the publication of this volume far beyond our worst expectations. Our readers will, we trust, be good enough to believe that we regret these forced delays as much as they do.

"May we hope that they will please to remember us and our Monastic brethren in their Prayers to God, and thus aid us to bear the brunt of Hell's violence, so particularly directed against the sons of Dom Guéranger.

"We implore Our Lord to vouchsafe in return to pour upon our readers a share in the Blessings promised by Him to those who suffer for Justice' sake."

Fr. L. F., O.S.B.

Solesmes,

8 May 1888.

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Time After Pentecost

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Blessed Pope Pius IX, in his Eulogy of Dom Guéranger,

credited him with three great accomplishments:

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Art Nouveau.

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unless otherwise stated.

Poster design, by Louis John Rhead, advertising ‘Le Journal de la Beauté’, 1897.

Illustration: ART NOUVEAU STYLE

Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art – especially the decorative arts – that was most popular during 1890–1910. The English language uses the French name Art Nouveau ("New Art"), but the style has many different names in other countries. A reaction to academic art of the 19th-Century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, not only in flowers and plants, but also in curved lines. Architects tried to harmonise with the natural environment.

Art Nouveau is considered a "total" art style, embracing architecture, graphic art, interior design, and most of the decorative arts, including jewellery, furniture, textiles, household silver, and other utensils and lighting, as well as the fine arts. According to the philosophy of the style, art should be a way of life. For many well-off Europeans, it was possible to live in an Art Nouveau-inspired house with Art Nouveau furniture, silverware, fabrics, ceramics, including tableware, jewellery, cigarette cases, etc. Artists desired to combine the fine arts and applied arts, even for utilitarian objects.

Although Art Nouveau was replaced by 20th-Century Modernist styles, it is now considered as an important transition between the eclectic historic revival styles of the 19th-Century and Modernism.

English: Tour of Rodolphe Salis' Black Cat.

Français: Tournée du Chat Noir de Rodolphe Salis.

Poster of 1896.

Artist: Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923).

Current location: Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University,

New Jersey, United States of America.

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English: Lefèvre-Utile Biscuits.

Français: Biscuits Lefèvre-Utile.

Artist: Alfons Mucha (1860–1939).

Date: 1897.

Current location: Private Collection.

Source/Photographer: Art Renewal Center Museum, image 4433.

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At its beginning, neither Art Nouveau, nor Jugendstil (its German name), was the common name of the style and it had different names as it spread. Those two names came from, respectively, Siegfried Bing's gallery, Maison de l'Art Nouveau, in Paris, France, and the Magazine, Jugend, in Munich, Germany, both of which promoted and popularised the style.

Maison de l'Art Nouveau (House of New Art) was the name of the gallery, initiated in 1895, by the German art dealer, Siegfried Bing, in Paris, that featured exclusively modern art. The fame of his gallery was increased at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, where he presented co-ordinated — in design and colour — installations of modern furniture, tapestries and objets d'art. These decorative displays became so strongly associated with the style, that the name of his gallery subsequently provided a commonly-used term for the entire style. Thus the term "Art Nouveau" was created.

Part of the evolution of Art Nouveau were several International Fairs, which presented buildings and products designed in the new style. So, the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition marks the beginning of the Modernisme, with some buildings of Lluís Domènech i Montaner. The Exposition Universelle of 1900, in Paris, presented an overview of the 'modern style' in every medium. It achieved further recognition at the Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna of 1902 in Turin, Italy, where designers exhibited from almost every European Country where Art Nouveau was practiced.

Tiffany Table Lamp.

Circa 1899-1902.

Tiffany Studios,

Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company.

Photo: November 2007.

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Author: User:Piotrus.

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Table Lamp.

Circa 1900, by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Photo: 30 September 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: sailko.

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Art Nouveau is usually known as Jugendstil, in Germany, as Modern (Модерн), in Russia, as Modernisme, in Catalonia, Spain, as Secession, in Austria-Hungary, and as Stile Liberty, in Italy. The style was most popular in Europe, but its influence was global. Hence, it is known in various guises with frequent localised characteristics. Other local names were associated with the characteristics of its forms, its practitioners and their works, and schools of thought or study where it was popular.

Many of these terms refer to the idea of "Newness". Before the term "Art Nouveau" became common in France, Le Style Moderne ("The Modern Style") was the more frequent designation. Arte joven ("Young Art"), in Spain, Modernisme, in Catalonia, Arte Nova, in Portugal ("New Art"), Arte Nuova, in Italy (also "New Art"), and Nieuwe Kunst, in The Netherlands.

In other cases, important examples, well-known artists, and associated locations influenced the names. Hector Guimard's Paris Métro entrances, for example, provided the term Style Métro, the popularity in Italy of Art Nouveau designs from London's Liberty & Co Department Store resulted in its being known as the Stile Liberty ("Liberty Style"), and, in The United States, it became known as the "Tiffany Style", due to its association with Louis Comfort Tiffany. In The United Kingdom, it is associated with the activities of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, in Glasgow, Scotland, and is often known as "The Glasgow" Style.

Floral patterns by Stanisław Wyspiański (1869-1907).

Illustration: ART NOUVEAU STYLE

Although Art Nouveau acquired distinctly localised tendencies as its geographic spread increased, some general characteristics are indicative of the form. A description published in Pan Magazine, of Hermann Obrist's Wall Hanging Cyclamen (1894), described it as "sudden violent curves generated by the crack of a whip", which became well known during the early spread of Art Nouveau. Subsequently, not only did the work itself become better known as The Whiplash, but the term "Whiplash" is frequently applied to the characteristic curves employed by Art Nouveau artists. Such decorative "Whiplash" motifs, formed by dynamic, undulating, and flowing lines in a syncopated rhythm and asymmetrical shape, are found throughout the architecture, painting, sculpture, and other forms of Art Nouveau design.

Book-Cover of Arthur Mackmurdo "Wren's City Churches", 1883.

Often cited among Incunabula of Art Nouveau.

(Wikipedia)

The origins of Art Nouveau are found in the resistance of the artist William Morris to the cluttered compositions and the revival tendencies of the 19th-Century, and his theories that helped initiate The Arts And Crafts Movement. However, Arthur Mackmurdo's Book-Cover for Wren's City Churches (1883), with its rhythmic floral patterns, is often considered the first realisation of Art Nouveau.

About the same time, the flat perspective and strong colours of Japanese Wood Block Prints, especially those of Katsushika Hokusai, had a strong effect on the formulation of Art Nouveau. The Japonisme, that was popular in Europe during the 1880s and 1890s, was particularly influential on many artists with its organic forms and references to The Natural World.

Art Nouveau entrance

to the French Metro,

Paris, France.

Illustration: DIGITAL EDITIONS

Besides being adopted by artists like Emile Gallé and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Japanese-inspired art and design was championed by the businessmen Siegfried Bing and Arthur Lasenby Liberty at their Departmental Stores, in Paris and London, respectively.

In architecture, hyperbolas and parabolas in windows, arches, and doors are common, and decorative mouldings 'grow' into plant-derived forms. Like most design styles, Art Nouveau sought to harmonise its forms. The Text, above The Paris Metro entrance, uses the qualities of the rest of The Iron Work in the structure.

Glass Canopy, Metro Entrance at Abbesses, in Montmartre, Paris, France.

While you are exploring Art Nouveau Paris, don’t forget the Metro Station entrances designed by Hector Guimard. He designed two versions, with and without glass roofs. Paris erected 141 of his designs; today, 86 remain. There are only two of the glass-roofed varieties, one at Porte Dauphine and one at Abbesses. A reconstruction of one is also at the entrance to Châtelet.

The simpler style, and the one you will notice more in Paris, is the "Metropolitan" sign

embraced by two Lamp-Posts resembling plants, although I always think the orange lamps

look like alien eyes (see photo, below).

You can find this in many locations around the City (Parc Monceau, St. Michel, Cité,

Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre, Nation, Victor Hugo)

Illustration: TRAVEL BEYOND PARIS

Metro Entrance at Saint Michel,

in the Quartier Latin, Paris.

Illustration: 

TRAVEL BEYOND PARIS

Art Nouveau in architecture and interior design eschewed the eclectic revival styles of the 19th-Century. Though Art Nouveau designers selected and 'modernised' some of the more abstract elements of Rococo style, such as flame and shell textures, they also advocated the use of very stylised organic forms as a source of inspiration, expanding the 'natural' repertoire to use seaweed, grasses, and insects. The softly-melding forms of 17th-Century auricular style, best exemplified in Dutch silverware, was another influence.

Poster for "Motocycles Comiot, Paris, 87 Boulevart, Gouvion St. Cyr",

from "Maîtres de l'Affiche" (Masters of the Poster).

Artist: Théophile Steinlen (1859-1923).

Date: 1899.

Source: Maîtres de l'Affiche (Masters of the Poster) refers to 256 colour lithographic plates

used to create an art publication during The Belle Époque, in Paris, France. The collection, reproduced from the original works of ninety-seven artists in a smaller

11 x 15 inch format, was put together by Jules Chéret, the father of poster art.

The varied selection of prints were sold in packages of four and delivered monthly to subscribers. On sixteen occasions during the selling period, between December 1895 through November 1900, the monthly package included a bonus of a specially created lithograph.

A complete set, in five volumes, was sold in 2014 for US$43,450.

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Wing-Sleeved Wool Coat,

with Fur Trim.

Circa 1910-1920.

via Whitaker Auctions.

Illustration: ART NOUVEAU STYLE

Love's Pure Light.

"Love's Pure Light".

Artist: Kathy Lawrence.

Date: 2006.

Illustration: CHRIST CENTERED MALL.COM