Art History

1. Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (also known as Jugendstil or Glasgow Style) was a movement
that swept through the decorative art and architecture during 1890-1910.
“Art Nouveau” was a French name means “new art”. Art Nouveau is
considered a “total” art style as it includes architecture, graphic art, interior
design, jewelry, furniture, textiles, household silver and other utensils and
lighting, as well as the fine arts. Artists drew inspiration from both organic
and geometric forms, evolving elegant designs that united flowing, natural
forms with more angular contours. The advent of Art Nouveau can be
traced to two distinct influences: William Morris and Japanese art
(wood-block prints). Although Art Nouveau was replaced by 20th Century
Modernist styles, it is now seen as an important predecessor of modernism.
Morris Peacock and
Dragon Fabric 1878
Glasgow School
The Great Wave off Janagawa,
1820s – by Katsushika Hokusai
Fine art and graphics
This was the first major artistic stylistic
movement in which mass-produced
graphics. A key influence was the
Paris-based Czech artist Aphonse Mucha,
who produced a lithographed poster.
Two-dimensional Art Nouveau pieces
were painted, drawn and printed as
advertisements, posters, labels and
magazine.
Biscuits Lefèvre-Utile by
Alphonse Mucha (1896)
Adele Bloch-Bauer 1 by Gustav Klimt Salome and John by Aubrey
Beardsley, (1892)
Glass Art
It was a medium in which the style found tremendous expression.
Education is a stained-glass window commissioned from Louis Comfort Tiffany's Tiffany Glass Company during the building of Yale University's Chittenden Hall
Sculpture and jewelry Ceramics
During Art Nouveau, a different
type of jewelry emerged,
motivated by the artist-designer
rather than the jewelry as setter
of precious stones. The French
designer-jewelry-glassmaker
Rene Lalique was popularizing the
Dragonfly Lady brooch by
changes.
Rene Lalique
This also influenced by work of
Japan. The development of
high temperature (grand feu)
porcelain with crystallised and
matte glazes.
Tiffany and Company, enamel
covered jar
Vases from the Gyugyi Collection