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

changes.

Dragonfly Lady brooch by

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