Anthony Chertudi
Design H&T
Art
Nouveau
Who-
-Jules Cheret-
French artist who used Rococo
and Chromolithography.
-Leonetto
Cappiello- significant for
using one irresistible image, “green devil”
-Alphonse
Mucha- curvilinear,
rhythmic, flat patterns, empty space, sexual availability. Mucha is the essence of Art Nouveau!
-Theophite
Steinlen- Japanese print
style
-Toulouse
Lautrec- Moulin Rouge,
nightlife, Japanese print style,
-Will
H. Bradley- Bradley type
face in USA, mid-evil inspirited
-Thomas
Barrett’s- bought a
painting and added text, Bubble Boy
-Beggerstaff
Bros- English
collaborative works, most aggressive simplification of imagery of the time,
typical Japanese cropping style and flat forms.
-The
Four- Celtic inspired Art
Nouveau
-Gustav
Klimt- Vienna Secession
1897, Gesamtkuntwerk “total art work”
-Henry
Van De Velde- “whiplash
Curve”
What-
-Chromolith, Posters, “Hoarding” walls
to display posters.
Where-
-France,
Italy, USA, England, Scotland, Austria, Germany
When-
1893-1906 –
Poster Craze
How-
Chromo
litho- colored prints
Why-
Advertisement-
need for advertisement led
to more stylistic and composition sophistication, Art Nouveau assimilated
Japanese prints and organic lines.
Mucha and Klimt captured the essence of this new style.
POV-
Art Nouveau assimilated
Japanese prints and organic lines.
Mucha and Klimt captured the essence of this new style. There are others who simplified forms
and others who applies traditional cultural styles “Celtic”
Style-
Rococo-
Frank sexuality, atmosphere color light
Japanese
influenced prints-atmosphere color light swirling images
Simplifying
one image
La
Mucha- captured the essence of the new art
unifying the stylistic coherence
Organic
form- curvilinear rhythm
Art
a la rue “art on the
streets” attempting to change society
Style
Liberty-
English shop with Asian
crafts influenced the new art in England
Rectilinear- symmetry & abstract
Architectonic-
heavy elements
Gesamtkuntwerk- total work of art – Klimt
Expressionism-
feels the world
Whiplash
Curve- line is a force!