"Modern-art style of the late 19th and early 20th century. It occurs at the turn of the century and seeks to aesthetic synthesis of culture, to the synthesis of various historical traditions, lighted ideas of progress and harmony. Modern tends to peresozdaniû the world around by means of all the arts, the art itself is understood it as a game, a pastiche based on the traditions of the past.In the album are reproduced and analysed the modern Russian style of wonderful designs in architecture, fine and applied arts.Provides photos of buildings and interiors, designed by renowned architects -- Fyodor Shekhtel, Leo Kekuseva, Fedir Lidvall...Decorative and applied art is represented by works of art made by Mikhail Vrubel, Alexander Golovin and other famous artists of the period.Borisova E.a. book, G.IU. Sternina, serious study of artistic processes occurring in Russian art and architecture at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuriesThe book 'English Nouveau' is designed for a wide range of readers interested in the art.-website"