Lucinda Lambton's Alphabet of Britain

A is for Art Nouveau (1x6)

: 16, 1990

Lucinda Lambton looks at examples of architecture that incorporate art nouveau style, including: the colourful facade of the Everards Building, Bristol; the Watts Chapel at Compton, Surrey, designed, built, and decorated by Mary Watts, who had never built anything befor; and, the statue of Eros at Piccadilly Circus by artist Alfred Gilbert.