Romeo & Juliet

There are famously characteristic lines throughout Art Nouveau Architecture; long, organic lines, filled with an expressive nature. The shapes are often curved, and again possess that organic quality; floral shapes, animalistic shapes, and tree like features. When it comes to color it seems like the palettes consist of yellows, oranges, greens, creams and metallics, occasionally with pops of color in a rainbow of hues. The architecture tends to be lighter in color value; with a purer saturation. Texturally it seems smoother, and firm; smooth curves, while the detail work seems more rough and carved in some, bumpy, worn or flat and decorative in other cases.

There are many intertwined, curvaceous shapes and forms; a select few have more angled designs, and are a touch more strict, however for the most part the shapes are voluptuous and exaggerated. They also seem to use a wide variety of materials as well; from twisting iron to concrete and plaster. 

Symmetry doesn’t seem particularly in use here, I'd actually argue more in favor of asymmetry; which gives the architecture often unique sloping lines. While in color it doesn’t contrast, the designs often contrast their backgrounds, which allow them to truly stand out. Proportions are wide and varied, but the floral designs seem often delicate and winding while people and animals seem almost proportional to sizing or are exaggerated. Art Nouveau has rhythm, and flow, there are interesting distributions of floral and organic elements that are reflective of each other and makes it seem fluid and continuous.