Jugend

From Jugendmagazine.net:

"Germany in the late 19th century.Jugend was a cultural weekly publication. It soon became a style-setting icon that launched the German art nouveau movement, named Jugendstil after the magazine.

Today, the word is still used by German graphic designers and by collectors who look for the uniquely German arts and crafts that came from this period."

(titles and dates for works unknown)

These lithographs are beautiful. One can see the proto-Art Nouveau style here, especially in Jugend cover image of the lady by the pond. The other two images are similar more in content and the use of curvilinear forms and emphasis on nature. Looking at these it is obvious these formed the basis for the all-out art nouveau explosions of artists like Mucha.