MUCHA, Alphonse
(b. 1860, Ivancice, d. 1939, Praha)

Plate from the Documents Decoratifs

1902
Printed book
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Alphonse Mucha heavily influenced the Art Nouveau movement; there is probably no better summation of Mucha's ideology and the principles of the Art Nouveau style than in the Documents Décoratifs, a stylebook published in Paris in 1902.

The Documents Décoratifs comprises 72 stunning plates that exemplify everything the movement is remembered for: decor, women, flowers, natural forms, structures, jewellery.