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    Art Nouveau stemmed from a Parisian art gallery in the late 1800s that showcased works in the new style. Influenced by Japanese woodblock prints with organic forms and references to nature, Art Nouveau rejected classical geometry. Characterized by sinuous lines depicting stylized flowers, leaves, and the female form, it aimed to make art available to all through everyday objects. Notable Art Nouveau artists and architects included Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Antoni Gaudi, Hector Guimard, Victor Horta, and Louis Comfort Tiffany.

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    Art Nouveau stemmed from a Parisian art gallery in the late 1800s that showcased works in the new style. Influenced by Japanese woodblock prints with organic forms and references to nature, Art Nouveau rejected classical geometry. Characterized by sinuous lines depicting stylized flowers, leaves, and the female form, it aimed to make art available to all through everyday objects. Notable Art Nouveau artists and architects included Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Antoni Gaudi, Hector Guimard, Victor Horta, and Louis Comfort Tiffany.

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    Art Nouveau stemmed from a Parisian art gallery in the late 1800s that showcased works in the new style. Influenced by Japanese woodblock prints with organic forms and references to nature, Art Nouveau rejected classical geometry. Characterized by sinuous lines depicting stylized flowers, leaves, and the female form, it aimed to make art available to all through everyday objects. Notable Art Nouveau artists and architects included Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Antoni Gaudi, Hector Guimard, Victor Horta, and Louis Comfort Tiffany.

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    HISTORY

    "Art Nouveau" stemmed from the


    name of the Parisian art gallery, called
    "La Maison de l'Art Nouveau", owned
    by the avant-garde art-collector
    Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), which
    showcased works created in the Art
    Nouveau style.

    Arthur Mackmurdo's book-cover


    for Wren's City Churches (1883),
    with its rhythmic floral patterns,
    is often considered the first
    realisation of Art Nouveau.
    About the same time, the flat
    perspective and strong colors of
    Japanese wood block prints had
    a strong effect on the
    formulation of Art Nouveau.
    The Japonisme was particularly
    influential on many artists with
    its organic forms and references
    to the
    natural world.

    INFLUENCES

    arts and crafts - art nouveau


    shared the same belief in
    quality goods and fine
    craftsmanship but was happy
    with mass production
    rococo style
    botanical research

    Distinguishing factors:
    Art Nouveau philosophy was in favour
    of applying artistic designs to
    everyday objects, in order to make
    beautiful things available to everyone.
    It saw no separation in principle
    between fine art (painting and
    sculpture) and applied or decorative
    arts (ceramics, furniture, and other
    practical objects).

    In content, the style was a reaction to


    a world of art which was dominated by
    the precise geometry of Neoclassical
    forms. It sought a new graphic design
    language, as far away as possible from
    the historical and classical models
    employed by the arts academies.
    STYLE

    sinuous, elongated, curvy lines

    the whiplash line

    vertical lines and height

    stylized flowers, leaves, roots,


    buds and seedpods

    the female form - in a preRaphaelite pose with long, flowing hair

    exotic woods, marquetry,


    iridescent glass, silver and semiprecious stones

    ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS, AND


    DESIGNERS
    Charles Rennie MackintoshScottish architect and designer,
    whose chaste, functional style exerted
    a strong influence on 20th-century
    architecture and interior design.
    His furniture, usually painted white
    with delicately colored stencils of
    stylized flower patterns and occasional
    insets of amethyst glass, combines
    attenuated straight lines with subtle
    curves. The designs, although
    unmistakably art nouveau, avoided
    the excesses found in the work of
    some Continential practitioners of the
    style.

    -reason the major influences on his


    work were mauresque, oriental and
    gothic architecture, all of them
    traditional Catalonian styles.
    Art Nouveau is the movement that
    influenced Gaudi the most, stimulating
    him to experiment with new materials
    and new shapes, thereby helping him
    to give up imitating historical styles
    and find his own way.

    Casa Mila
    Casa Battlo
    Sagrada Familia

    Hector Germain Guimard


    -Abandon a more restrained design
    and replace it with an overt
    embracement of the art of the
    curvilinear. In a single commission
    Guimard demonstrated how
    architecture and the industrial arts
    could be united in a single building to
    create a unified, modern scheme.

    Guimards subway entrances for


    the Paris Metro (early 1900s)
    are his most famous creations.
    Using wrought iron, bronze, and
    glass, Guimard composed his
    structures using the curves
    characteristic of the Art
    Nouveau style.

    Victor Horta
    "undoubtedly the key European Art
    Nouveau architect."

    considered one of the most


    important names in Art
    Nouveau architecture
    the "whiplash" style

    Louis Comfort Tiffany


    Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American
    artist and designer who worked in the
    decorative arts and is best known for
    his work in stained glass. He is the
    American artist most associated with
    the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic
    movements.

    Designed the renovated White


    House

    Mark Twains house

    The movement was replaced in


    the 1920s by Art Deco.

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