Bring Back Art Nouveau
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...