2. 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
3. Other names of Art
Nouveau
• Nieuwe Kunst In Netherland
• Jugendstil in Germany
• Arte Joven, in Spain
• Secession, in Austria
• Stile Liberty, in Italy
4. 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.
5. • 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.
6. 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
7.
8. “Whiplash” curves
Art Nouveau typically employed
intricate curvilinear patterns of
sinuous asymmetrical lines, often
based on plant-forms
9. 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
10. 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.
11. Art Nouveau embraced all forms of art and
design:
• architecture
• furniture
• glassware
• graphic design
• jewelry
• painting
• pottery
• metalwork
• textile
12. 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
13. Pierre
Francastel
Divides Art Nouveau
into two main
tendencies that could
broadly termed the
organic and the
rationalist
14. Rationalist:
Mackintosh school
Glasglow, Scotland
1897-1909
-dependent on the straight line
Organic:
Gaudi house
Barcelona, Spain
1903
-gives precedence to the curved line and floral shapes
15. Stephan
Tschudi
Madsen
(Art Historian)
proposed a more subtle
classification, but still
relies on
an assumed antagonism
between four designs
16. 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
17. 2. A floral approach focuding on
organic plant forms
(Galle, Majorelle, Vallin)
Aquarium Pavillion
18. 3. The linear, flat approach, with
a heavy symbolic element
(Glasglow group, Mackintosh)
Glasgow School of Art
by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
19. 4. A structured, geometric style (Austria & Germany)
(Wagner, Olbrich, Hoffmann, Loos)
Majolikahaus in Vienna
by Otto Wagner
31. Louis
Sullivan
(American architect)
(September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924)
"father of skyscrapers“
"father of modernism“
one of "the recognized trinity of
American architecture"
38. La
Sagrad
a
Familia
(The Holy
Family)
Barcelona, Catalonia,
Spain
1882-2026
39.
40. Parque
Güell
Barcelona, Spain
1900 to 1914
Parque Güell, or Guell Park is surrounded
by an undulating mosaic wall.
41.
42. FURNITURE
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.
55. 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.
56. • 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.
57. • http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/artn/hd_artn.ht
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• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/36571/Ar
t-Nouveau
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau
• http://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/exhibit_intro.sh
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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-art-nouveau.
htm
• http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/artn/hd_artn.ht
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Editor's Notes
1st bullet – Definition
2nd – time na nagflourish and end
3rd – gusto nila mabago ung nakasanayang style ng art.
4th – other terms/ names ng Art nouveau
(since napansin nila na masyadong ornamental ung mga design, gusto nilang iavoid ung mga frivolous decorations)
Ecletic means - noting or pertaining to works of architecture, decoration, landscaping,etc., produced by a certain person or during a certain period, thatderive from a wide range of historic styles, the style in each instanceoften being chosen for its fancied appropriateness to local tradition,local geography, the purpose to be served, or the cultural backgroundof the client.
(kaya ayaw nila sa mass production kasi poorly made ung mga products. mabilis nga gawin pero nawawala ung quality ng gawa)
1st – “RIPPLING” effect ung prominent sa art nila. Ung mga curvy, and parang splash ng water. parang tinuro ni ma’am cece
2nd – self explanatory
3rd – important mabanggit ung function over form
Open Foreign relationship with japan
Common characteristics ung colors
Art Nouveau was a new art form, an original artistic and decorative movement inspired by the idea of "total art"
