Alegoría alada. Estilo Art Nouveau.

Allegory winged. The Art Nouveau Style.

Patinated bronze and pedestal in marble.

Measures: 54 cm (height); 26 cm (diameter).

In Belgium and France was called Art Nouveau to that in Spain and Latin america are met, more or less, as Modernism. It is a power that defended the artistic renewal and was developed between the end of the NINETEENTH century and early TWENTIETH century.

He intended to break with the Academicism prevailing, with Realism, Impressionism, etc, leading to some works of art are well cared for in its elaboration, craft (against the mass production) and with some peculiar characteristics. Underlines the inspiration in the nature, with a preference for the vegetable decoration; it uses the curved line and the asymmetry almost always, and the reasons are style. Is often used the female image, with a frequent erotic charge, and there are many exotic motifs (fantasy or inspiration in different cultures from the west).

All these elements are present in this lot: the female figure seems to take flight, movement contributed, above all, by her dress and the curves it draws.