Sezession (Noun)
Meaning
An Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Sezession movement emerged in Vienna in the late 19th century as a reaction against traditional and conservative art forms.
- Otto Wagner was one of the leading architects associated with the Sezession movement in Austria during the 1890s.
- The iconic building of the Vienna Secession, a temple-like structure designed by Otto Wagner, served as the movement's exhibition hall.
- While the Sezession shared similarities with the international trends of Art Nouveau, it also had distinctively local characteristics.
- The artists and architects involved in the Sezession movement sought to escape from the confines of traditional art academies.