Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau

The Topic Art nouveau style is a style in which it is more suitable for the modern aged people. Inspirational sources were the artists, designers and architects’ first key source. These artists took unrecognized pieces of work and transformed them to have a more attractive and more appealing look. Art Nouveau art evolved from Celtic and Viking designs, these were chosen as inspirational sources because of the patterned lines, the delicacy which was put in them and also the curvy lines of the rococo style which was from the 18^th century. The designers always looks at aboriginal art which was taken from their own living place, which was in Norway Henrik Bull Drew which from the early Norwegian Viking art, whilst in France artists were being inspired from the Rococo style of the French. Cultures such as Japan, China and the Islamic world which are Non-European cultures, took an urgent request for the Artists and Designers of the Art Nouveau. Japanese merchandise took a high standard in the shops, this happened right after the Japanese communicated with the Europeans and the American in the year of the 1850s, these became extremely noticeable and because of this they were giving artists offers of possibilities that where to being brought as European styles. Inspirations for the Japanese woodblock were the stylized organic forms, the flat colors that were shown and also the characterized lining. The artist’s work, which is of Carlo Bugatti, which was from the Islamic countries, in which in Bugatti’s work, there was admired the technical brilliance and also the elegant patterns. Artists from Britain and France had an effect on the Art Nouveau Practitioners. The serious precursors were of the Aesthetic movement, the arts and crafts movement, and also joining is the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood. Designer William Morris prominence the static appreciation of the fine craftsman and individuality on the creativity found in the decorative arts, this was also held by Art Nouveau designers, this was a reply to the uniformity and poor quality merchandise which was made in the emergence of the Industrial Revolution.

References:

• Art Nouveau. 2013. Art Nouveau. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/exhibit_sources.shtm. [Accessed 16 May 2013].
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