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Art Nouveau prize

on Jul 30, 2011

Europeana  is an internet portal that acts as an interface to millions of books, paintings, films, museum objects and archival records that have been digitised throughout Europe[1]. Europeana will sponsor one of the main prizes and also a special Art Nouveau prize.

Majolikahaus in Vienna is a perfect example of Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is a style of art popular throughout Europea around 1900. Most European countries have buildings in the Art Nouveau style. Europeana is working on bringing these different countries together in a virtual exhibit.

In light of this exhibit, Europeana will sponsor a special prize for the best picture of an Art Nouveau monument submitted in one of the national contests. Yes, you read it correctly, even if a picture doesn’t get nominated as one of the top-10 of its country, it makes a chance to win the special Art Nouveau prize – as long as it still complies with the main European contest requirements.

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