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Bring Back Art Nouveau

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THEME: ART NOUVEAU THIRTY YEAR PERIOD: 1875-1905 1875-   New constitutional laws instituted establishing parliamentary supremacy and a stable reign for France, the Third Republic of French government from 1870 to 1940. 1876 – Patent for the first telephone was lodged by Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell-America 1877-   Invention of the Phonograph by Thomas Edison – sound recording and playback. 1878-    Thomas Edison in America & Joseph Swan in Britain invented the Light bulb. 1878-   Photographic advance with Gelatin Coated Dry Plates advertised for sale by Wratten & Wainwright & Peter Mawdsley Liverpool Dry Plate Company. 1880 – First Newspaper Photograph. 1881-   A new branch of the British Museum (Natural History) opened in South Kensington 1882-    Art workers guild created by Walter Crane and Lewis Day. 1882-    Pearl Street Power station in New York City opened by Thomas Edison. 1884...