william morris fisher art nouveau fanciful imitation of nature?

Answer 1

Nature, anyway, is so often an inspiration... the exceptions are when it is not. The important thing is the interpretation of nature: peaceful, stormy, a whole-all,...

It was perhaps the biggest influence in Art Nouveau, but I wouldn't say its imitation. Art Nouveau is more about fussion, everything linking together, so also men's world & nature, and the search for beauty.
Even nature is fussioned with itself, and then we get creatures like a cross between dragonfly/ fish/ woman/ beetle/ flower as in Lalique's work :-)

But William Morris, actually, is Arts and Crafts, not really Art Nouveau. Though almost the same period.

Answer 2

in a sense all of the art in that ism could be labeled as such as the artists developed images and objects without straight lines which is imitation of nature in a way. Art historians have a way of twirling words around something until you end of with a fanciful initiation of the truth

Answer 3

imagine if we all saw nature through the eyes of william morris burn jones and all his mates surly the world would be a even more beautiful place by the way ive had a couple of vodkas !