I adore Art Nouveau for its subtle eroticism and sensual organicism with its whip-lash curves and idealised and stylised natural motifs. Art Nouveau was one of the last cohesive styles to evolve in the Western world and I love it for its all embracing aesthetic that permeated all fields of art and craft in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Art Nouveau was created in an era when people still valued refinement, beauty and quality (if not always functionality) over cheapness and bland corporate design.