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This book vividly brings to light Art Nouveau artists' turning to, and transformation of, classical sources in order to express life's vitality in modern ways while coping with the anxious anticipation of a new era. * Marice Rose, Associate Professor of Art History, Fairfield University, USA * Offers a provocative re-assessment of Art Nouveau's engagement with classical antiquity. Warren's ground-breaking study examines afresh a deeply misunderstood chapter in the reception of the classics in the visual arts. * Anastasia Bakogianni, Lecturer in Classical Studies, Massey University, New Zealand *

[Warren] has made a strong case for seeing the classical influences that underlay much of Art Nouveau's cultural production and worked to overturn the facile assumption that Art Nouveau and classical antiquity had little to do with each other ... [A] fascinating book. -- Michele Valerie Ronnick - Wayne State University * Classical Journal * This book vividly brings to light Art Nouveau artists' turning to, and transformation of, classical sources in order to express life's vitality in modern ways while coping with the anxious anticipation of a new era. * Marice Rose, Associate Professor of Art History, Fairfield University, USA * Offers a provocative re-assessment of Art Nouveau's engagement with classical antiquity. Warren's ground-breaking study examines afresh a deeply misunderstood chapter in the reception of the classics in the visual arts. * Anastasia Bakogianni, Lecturer in Classical Studies, Massey University, New Zealand *

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Richard Warren is a research associate at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. His Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded doctorate at Durham University focused on the relationship between classical history and European nationalism in nineteenth-century art. He has co-edited Graeco-Roman Antiquity and the Idea of Nationalism in the 19th Century (2016).

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