The Glasgow Style (also known as Glasgow School) was a distinctive regional variant of the Art Nouveau movement that flourished in Glasgow, Scotland, from the 1890s to the start of World War I. Centered around the Glasgow School of Art, its most famous proponents were a collaborative group known as "The Four": Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Frances Macdonald, and Herbert MacNair. The style synthesized a wide range of influences, including the Arts and Crafts movement, the Celtic Revival, and Japonisme.
While it is part of the broader Art Nouveau trend, the Glasgow Style is distinguished by several differences; Whereas mainstream European Art Nouveau often featured ornate, flowing, and naturalistic curves, the Glasgow Style is characterized by a stronger emphasis on geometric forms, vertical lines, and elongated, ethereal human figures. Its color palette was also more restrained, favoring subtle, symbolic arrangements of purples, greens, and rose-pinks over the more vibrant colors seen elsewhere.
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