Art Nouveau

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Art Nouveau

• Means “New Art”

• Ornamental style of art that flourished between about 1890 and 1914

throughout Europe and the United States.

• It was a deliberate attempt to create a new style, free of the imitative

historicism that dominated much of 19th-century art and design.

• Art Nouveau developed first in England and soon spread to the

European continent

Other names of Art

Nouveau

• Nieuwe Kunst In Netherland

• Jugendstil in Germany

• Arte Joven, in Spain

• Secession, in Austria

• Stile Liberty, in Italy

Siegfried Bing

German naturalized French in

1876, Siegfried Bing (later

called Samuel Bing)

was the founder in 1895 of " La

Maison de l'Art Nouveau " in

Paris :

it was his art gallery and

exhibition hall that gave its

name to the famous artistic

Style Art Nouveau.

• Art Nouveau was aimed at modernizing design,

seeking to escape the eclectic historical styles that

had previously been popular.

• The movement was committed to abolishing the

traditional hierarchy of the arts, which viewed so-

called liberal arts, such as painting and

sculpture, as superior to craft-based decorative

arts.

• The practitioners of Art Nouveau sought to revive

good workmanship, raise the status of craft, and

produce genuinely modern design.

Inspirations

Arts and Crafts Movement

Japanese Art

• Led by William Morris

• reaction against the cluttered designs and compositions of Victorian-era decorative art

• Handcraftsmanship

• Highly expressive

paintings of post

impressionist

• the flat perspective

and strong colors

of Japanese wood

block prints

• (Olive green,

carnation pink and

periwinkle blue)

• “Whiplash” curves

were derived

“Whiplash” curves

Art Nouveau typically employed intricate curvilinear patterns of sinuous asymmetrical lines, often based on plant-forms

Other Influences and prominent

features:

• Rythmic floral patterns, is often considered the first

realization of Art Nouveau

• 2D imagery (Japan)

• Nature illustrations of deep sea creatures and

plants were used as references

Characteristics• Moved away from imitation of real subjects and moved

towards flowing and twisting lines of nature

• Inspired by the lines and shapes of nature

• united flowing, natural forms with more angular contours

• Art Nouveau designers also believed that all the arts should work in harmony to create a "total work of art“

• Art Nouveau was a short-lived movement whose brief incandescence was a precursor of modernism, which emphasized function over form and the elimination of superfluous ornament.

Art Nouveau embraced all forms of art and design:

• architecture

• furniture

• glassware

• graphic design

• jewelry

• painting

• pottery

• metalwork

• textile

ARCHITECTURE

FEATURES

Art Nouveau buildings have many of these

features:

• Asymmetrical shapes

• Extensive use of arches and curved forms

• Curved glass

• Curving, plant-like embellishments

• Mosaics

• Stained glass

• Japanese motifs

Pierre

Francastel

Divides Art Nouveau

into two main

tendencies that could

broadly termed the

organic and the

rationalist

Rationalist:

Mackintosh school Glasglow, Scotland

1897-1909-dependent on the straight line

Organic:

Gaudi houseBarcelona, Spain

1903-gives precedence to the curved line and floral shapes

Stephan

Tschudi

Madsen(Art Historian)

proposed a more subtle

classification, but still relies on

an assumed antagonism

between four designs

In his book Sources of Art Nouveau, he

describes for styles:

1. An abstract, structural style with a strong

symbolic and dynamic tendency (France &

Belgium)

(Horta, Guimard, Van de Velde)

Henry Van de Velde’s house

2. A floral approach focuding on

organic plant forms

(Galle, Majorelle, Vallin)

Aquarium Pavillion

3. The linear, flat approach, with a heavy symbolic element

(Glasglow group, Mackintosh)

Glasgow School of Artby Charles Rennie Mackintosh

4. A structured, geometric style (Austria & Germany)

(Wagner, Olbrich, Hoffmann, Loos)

Majolikahaus in Vienna by Otto Wagner

Victor

Horta(Belgian architect and

designer)

(January 6, 1861 - September 8

1947)

Hotel

TasselBrussels, BelgiumConstruction started

1893

Completed 1894

(1st Art Nouveau Building in the

World)

Stairway of Tassel House, Brussels

Hôtel van

EetveldeBrussels, Belgium

Construction started 1898

Completed 1900

Hôtel van Eetvelde office : fireplace

Hôtel

SolvayBrussels, Belgium

Construction started 1898

Completed 1900

Castel

Berange

rParis, France

1890 circa

Details

Paris

Metro

EntrancesParis, France

1899 to 1905

Louis

Sullivan(American architect)

(September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924)

"father of skyscrapers“

"father of modernism“

one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture"

Wainwright

BuildingMissouri, USA

1890 to 1891

Height: 44.81 meters / 147 feet

Stories: 10

Charles

Rennie

Mackintosh

The

Light

HouseGlasglow, ScotlandCompleted in 1895

Casa

MilàBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain

1905-1907

Casa

BattloBarcelona,

Spain1905-1907

La SagradaFamilia(The Holy Family)

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain1882-2026

Parque

GüellBarcelona, Spain

1900 to 1914

Parque Güell, or Guell Park is surrounded

by an undulating mosaic wall.

Henri Van De Velde

• Henri van de Velde was very influential in the birth of Belgian Art Nouveau Style.

• In 1896 he presented his furniture works in Samuel Bing's gallery "L'Art Nouveau" in Paris and became internationally known.

FURNITURE

LAMPS

GLASSWARE, POTTERY

JEWELRY

Brooch, ca. 1900

Gold, enamel, mother–of–

pearl, opal, emerald,

colored stones, gold paint;

Diam. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)

PAINTINGS

• The Scream, 1895

Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944)

• Moulin Rouge: La Goulue, 1891

GRAPHIC ARTS

Others

Fall of Art Nouveau & Birth of

Art Deco

• When Art Nouveau fell out of fashion in the

1920s and 1930s, it was replaced by

the clean, simple geometries of Art

Deco.

• The extravagant curves of Art Nouveau

were seen as old-fashioned and viewed

with contempt.

• Many Art Nouveau products were put

away, spurned, or destroyed.

• Rooms once decorated in what had

been the height of fashion were

redecorated to conform to the

latest taste.

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