Secession

Till the end of World War I several art movements and styles coexisted in Croatia, but all avant-garde movements were absent. That is why the greatest artworks of that period were done in the spirit of 19th-century art, including the most important examples of Vienna Secession style: the Ethnographic Museum, Zagreb in 1901, Kallina House in 1903, the National Library in 1912 were built in Zagreb, while Sulphurous Bath in 1903, and the Croatian National Theatre in 1908, were built in Split.

In different countries, Secession was called differently: in France and Belgium Art Nouveau, in Germany it is called Jugendstil, in Italy Floreale or Liberty (named after a London store that sold modern designer goods stemming from the “Arts and Crafts” movement), in Great Britain Modern Style, in Spain Modernismo – with two main directions in Madrid and Barcelona, in the USA a later version – Art deco – is accepted, and in Croatia, it is known under the Austrian name – “Secession” which refers to the Vienna Secession (secession, independence).

Secession is a style in art that emerged as a reaction to academicism and eclecticism in the last decades of the 19th century. Inspired by nature, it brings the elegant refinement of curved and ornamental flat lines to architecture. Style wanted to make beautiful industrial productions, combine arts and crafts, and decorate the impersonal facades of buildings.

Source: Wikipedia