art nouveau new art
Alfons Mucha
Start • General term • 1890’s and 1900’s. • Was originally from name of a Paris gallery Maison de l’ Art Nouveau – established in 1895 – Siegfried Bing, a German importer of Asian objects • Term was soon applied to any work that rejected any forms of historical work and had a sense of “New”
About • Popular success as a style • Goals were mainly anL-‐eliLst • Stemmed from Arts and CraOs but was not necessarily trying to make statement • ArLsts seeking to break away from past styles • Could be called the “pop art” of it’s Lme
Influences • Taking inspiraLon from the unruly aspects of the natural world • Shaped book and type design and transformed the treatment of decoraLve elements • Influenced art and architecture esp. in the – Applied arts – Graphic work – IllustraLons • The movement dominated all arts of the Lme
ArLst • • • • •
Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-‐1918) Alphonse Much (Czech. 1860-‐1939) Aubrey Beardsley (English, 1872-‐1898) Antonio Gaudi (Spanish, 1852-‐1926) Philippe Wolfers (Belgian, 1858-‐1929)
Nature • Advocated nature as the primary source of inspiraLon • Wanted to prove nature could be used in a logical way • Took many organic forms and made them the focal point of the artwork
Phippe Wolfers
Vines Foliage “Cigare]e smoke” lines Flowers Sultry Bending Winding Curving Serpant like lines
Mucha, Alphons
Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Vilmos Zsolnay.
Philppe Wolfers
Japanese • Rediscovery of Japanese art • Influences of western culture were beginning to be seen
Themes • • • • • • • •
Woodblock prints Porcelain TexLles Lacquer Bamboo Carp Wisteria Cherry blossom
Siegfried Bing
Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Beardsley
Works Cited • h]p://designinenglish.wordpress.com/art-‐nouveau-‐ posters/ • h]p://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/artn/ hd_artn.htm • h]p://www.artnouveau-‐net.eu/Network/ArtNouveau/ AboutArtNouveau/tabid/133/language/en-‐GB/ Default.aspx • h]p://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/ exhibit_intro.shtm • h]p://exhibiLons.europeana.eu/exhibits/show/art-‐ nouveau-‐en/in-‐print/illustraLon • h]p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau