PRACTICAL RATIONALE: ESTABLISHING RESEARCH POINTS
ART MOVEMENTS OF THE 2021ST CENTURY
19th CENTURY 18801910, Art Nouveau Rebellion against Victorian hierarchy Victorian design Art nouveau posters Female Form Eroticism
INFLUENCED 1880 – 1915 Japanese art nouveau ‘Japonism’ study of Japanese art, fine arts, sculpture, architecture, performing arts and decorative arts throughout Western culture.
??? 1920 – Bauhaus, Art school NORDIC DESIGN Westernisation
1960’s Hippie movement Influenced by art nouveau Free love Flowers Natural forms Vivid colours, curved lines Plants
19101940 Art Deco Revolution of design and style Paris 20’s, 30’s 1920’s Chrysler building “Art Deco manifested itself emotionally with great zest, colour and playfulness in an age that was all about prospering. It was also about fulfilling a deeply felt need for a style that would not be threatened by change, because as it turned out it was adaptable for almost every culture on the planet”. McDowall. C , Art Deco at: https://www.thecultureconcept. com/art-deco-a-revolution-of-d esign-style-for-the-modern-age
architecture, interiors, furniture, jewellery, painting and graphics, bookbinding, costume, glass and ceramics. 1910 French design styles survived WW1 Fashion the future ceramics, costume, glass, silver, metal ware and ceramics. PAUL POIRET
ORGANIC MOVEMENT – 1930 – 60’s, 1990 – present Home furnishings Craftsmanship Oneofakind “furniture and architecture should reflect a harmony between people and nature. In furniture design, this meant natural materials like wood, and smooth, rounded forms”.
https://www.fastcompany.com/3055758/tracing-the-long-controversial-h istory-of-organic-design
Refers to nature A balance between the natural world and the machine made Relevant to contemporary design
50’s Alvar Aalto natural materials Handmade wooden pieces Organic farming, other organic movements Farming Agriculture The organic flow Touch of human hand Wildlife In harmony with nature Delicate form Cylindrical shapes
1930 Marcel Breuer and his laminated birch plywood armchair with a calfskin cushion.
https://www.fastcompany.com/3055758/tracingthelongcontroversialhist oryoforganicdesign
18801940 MODERNISM Machines Cars Film Geometric forms Modernist design – furniture Modern science Popular culture Surrealist Painter – Salvador Dali Musical compositions TECHINICAL PROGRESION
Electrons Radioactivity Xrays Radio Film Diesel engine
1938 Salvador Dalí’s Mae West Lips Sofa https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/whattosee/surre alencountersedinburghreview/
19101945 FUTURISM Technology Urban modernity Beauty of modern life Painting, sculpture Italian way of life
Machine speed, violence, change Powered flight Mechanism of war
19201930 SURREALISM Unnerving, illogical scenes Strange creatures from everyday objects Surprise, juxtapositions Visual arts, film and literature, music
Horror of WW1 Salvador Dali landscapes of melted clocks, diving suit Powers of the mind 1920 Un Chien Andalou – film
ROBOTS, MACHINES
MONSTER AND ALIENS 1930 1950 – Streamline moderne Aerodynamic design Transport Streamline buildings, cars, trains Constructivism style
Clocks Radio Telephone Phone line Future Electric lighting Reflection to art deco
Pop Art 1958 – 1972 Popular mass culture Furniture graphic design Bright, vibrant, full of color Involvement of popular and commercial culture
Hollywood movies Advertising Product packaging Pop music Comic books Transient, expendable, low cost, mass produced Fun of design Commercial production
Minimalism 1967 1978
Postmodernism 1978 – present
Stripped down to fundamental features Japanese tradition design, architecture ”less is more” WW2 western art Minimal music, repetition, iteration Geometric obstruction Abstract expression
Critical of the hostility of modernism 1980’s Exuberant colour Bold patterns Artificial surfaces High and low culture references ”An attitude” https://www.dezeen.com/2011/09/26/postmodernismstyl eandsubversion19701990attheva/
SPACE AGE 1960 – 1969
Space race, space exploration, space technology Sputnik 1st satellite
1969 first astronaut on the moon “comic books, TV programs, and furniture, which borrowed elements from science fiction” https://petrolicious.com/articles/spaceage Quick turnover of consumer products
19th CENTURY 18801910, Art Nouveau Rebellion against Victorian hierarchy Victorian design Art nouveau posters Female Form Eroticism
18801940 MODERNISM Machines Cars Film Geometric forms Modernist design – furniture 19101940 Art Deco Revolution of design and style Paris 20’s, 30’s
19101945 FUTURISM Technology Urban modernity Beauty of modern life Painting, sculpture Italian way of life INFLUENCED 1880 – 1915 Japanese art nouveau ‘Japonism’ study of Japanese art, fine arts, sculpture, architecture, performing arts and decorative arts throughout Western culture.
19201930 SURREALISM Unnerving, illogical scenes Strange creatures from everyday objects Surprise, juxtapositions Visual arts, film and literature, music
19101940 Art Deco Revolution of design and style Paris 20’s, 30’s 1920’s Chrysler building 1960’s Hippie movement Influenced by art nouveau Free love Flowers Natural forms Vivid colours, curved lines Plants
ORGANIC MOVEMENT – 1930 – 60’s, 1990 – present Home furnishings Craftsmanship Oneofakind 1930 1950 – Streamline moderne Aerodynamic design Transport Streamline buildings, cars, trains Constructivism style
SPACE AGE 1960 – 1969 Space race, space exploration, space technology Sputnik 1st satellite 1969 first astronaut on the moon
Postmodernism 1978 – present Critical of the hostility of modernism 1980’s
Minimalism 1967 1978 Stripped down to fundamental features Japanese tradition design, architecture ”less is more”
Pop Art 1958 – 1972 Popular mass culture
POINTS OF RESEARCH: • Victorian design • Female Form • Japanese art • Free love • Paris 20’s, 30’s • Organic Farming • Agriculture • Modern science • Technical Progression • Robots, machines • Hollywood movies • Commercial production • Space exploration • Post modern patterns