The Art Nouveau
Style contained:
- sinuous, elongated, curvy lines
- the whiplash line
- vertical lines and height
- stylized flowers, leaves, roots, buds and seedpods
- the female form - in a pre-Raphaelite pose with long, flowing hair
- exotic woods, marquetry, iridescent glass, silver and semi-precious
stones
This movement was aimed at producing a modernized design and to go
against paintings and sculptures being superior to craft-based decorative arts.
Their designs had combined flowing, natural forms with more angular contours.
These elegant designs were inspired from both organic and geometric forms.
Their key ideas
were as follows:
Desire
to abandon the historical styles of the 19th century and establish a modernized
art movement.
To
revive good workmanship
Raise
the attitude of craft
Produce
genuinely modern design
To
establish the new belief of “total works of the arts” were attention was taken
to good craftsmanship and overturn the idea of paintings and sculptures being Superior to crafts
The function of an object should dictate its form and not be heavily ornamented. Although this movement faded by the time of the first world war ( 1941 – 1918 ) as mass-produced products were seen more then just surface decoration. Here is where they started to focus on shape, form and color of the materials then the tiny detailed decor works.
The function of an object should dictate its form and not be heavily ornamented. Although this movement faded by the time of the first world war ( 1941 – 1918 ) as mass-produced products were seen more then just surface decoration. Here is where they started to focus on shape, form and color of the materials then the tiny detailed decor works.
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