Art Nouveau

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Art Nouveau

1. What is Art Nouveau?
2. When was the style fashionable? Give dates to and
   from)
3. What shapes and forms make something recognisable
   as being in the style of Art Nouveau?
4. Name three designers who worked in the Art
   Nouveau style and say what kind of work they did.
5. Name two artists who worked in the Art Nouveau
   style.
6. Why do you think the artists and designers liked
   this style of designing (Write at least 25 words)
7. Do you like this style of design? Why?/Why not?
   (Write at least 25 words)
8. What is the difference between Art and Design?

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• What? When? Where?
• Art Nouveau (New Art) was an international style
  of decoration and architecture which developed in
  the 1880s and 1890s and was popular until the
  1920s and 1930s.
• The movement began in Paris and spread
  throughout Europe and America. It was called
  different names in different countries.

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Hector Guimard (Paris Metro)

• Why?
• A new group of artists wanted to invent a style
  of art which would make use of new materials.
  Architects wanted to experiment with glass and
  iron which allowed them to make use of curved
  lines, rather than the straight, solid forms that
  had been used in the past.

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• Artists were influenced by Eastern Art (from
  China and Japan) which made use of swerving lines
  and bold simplification.

Katsushika Hokusai The waterfall where
Yoshitsune washed his horse, c. 1832
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Katsushika Hokusai The Great Wave of Kanagawa,
1830-31
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Style

• Although the style of Art Nouveau varied
  slightly from country to country, in general it
  can be recognised by the use of flowing lines
  based on natural forms. Plants, flowers , shells
  and animals were all sources of inspiration for
  designers

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• The style influenced all kinds of design from
  illustration, to architecture, interior design,
  furniture, graphic design and jewellery.

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What materials do you think have been used to
make these?
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Antoni Gaudi (Architect, Barcelona)
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• Antoni Gaudi designed an entire house in
  Barcelona where no wall was straight.
• He also had to design special curved furniture
  to fit into the rooms

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• Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish
  Architect and Interior Designer.

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An Art Nouveau Interior (Great Britain)In the
style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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An Art Nouveau Interior (French) Which room do
you like best and why?
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Dulac (Illustrator)

• His work covers a wide range of themes and
  styles, and is characterized by the strongly
  defined personality of the people he depicts and
  the elaborate backgrounds and shading of his
  scenes Dulac is best known for his illustrations
  of the Arabian Nights and various fairytales.

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Arthur Rackham

• (British Illustrator)
• heavily influenced by Art Nouveau

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Alphonse Mucha(Graphic Design)
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Theodore Steinlen (Graphic Artist)
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• Graphic Design
• Art Nouveau lettering

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Medieval Illuminations
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Stained Glass and
Jewellery
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Gustav Klimt(painter)

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Many contemporary Artists, Illustrators and
Designers are still inspired by the Art Nouveau
style.
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Student Works Self-Portrait in Art Nouveau Style
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Student Works Self-Portrait in Art Nouveau Style
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This slide presentation modified by Gloria J.
Brinkman October 4, 2013