The Slow Road
Two Women Wandering the World
Art Nouveau architecture in Riga, Latvia
The type of Art Nouveau known as National Romanticism featured subdued colors, natural materials, and folk motifs
This building from 1900 shows the kind of eclectic Medieval and Renaissance Revival style that Art Nouveau developed from
The apartment we rented in Riga was in this 1904 Art Nouveau building
Our building is called the Atlas House because of this carving on the top
Art Nouveau designers loved swirling lines and floral motifs
The Perpendicular style of Art Nouveau features strong vertical lines and decorations to break up the horizontal rows of windows
A rare example of Art Nouveau touches in an otherwise traditional Baltic-style wooden house
This building designed by architect Mikhail Eisenstein (father of filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein) may be the most famous Art Nouveau building in Riga
Eisenstein's theory seemed to be "the more decoration, the better"
Garden room in the Art Nouveau Museum, an apartment restored to its 1910s glory
Most of the furniture and decorative objects in the museum were made in Riga
The fabulous stairway of the building housing the Art Nouveau Museum
This buildiing is home to the Art Nouveau Museum
This window detail celebrates the designer and the builder
This building has all kinds of shapes, plus lions on top!
Such sweet-looking dragon flag holders
