Turns out the secret wasn’t memorizing definitions. It was just flooding my eyeballs with tons of images grouped correctly. Letting my brain notice the patterns. Once I saw ten Nouveau things in a row with all those soft curves and flowers, spotting a Deco piece suddenly felt jarring. Too sharp, too geometric. Flipped, Nouveau looked kinda frilly and soft next to Deco’s sharp edges. S... https://fairytales.cc/what-is-the-difference-between-art-nouveau-and-art-deco-see-how-their-styles-look-unique/