art nouveau

decorative art style that occurred during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

With its beginnings found in the Arts and Crafts movement of William Morris, Art

Nouveau eventually spread all over Europe and into the United States. In the varying

countries this art movement was given different names. In Germany it was known as

Jugendstil after the Jugend art magazine. Italians called the movement Stile Liberty after

Liberty LTD style which was on of the few English companies which became involved in

the Art Nouveau movement. The term Art Nouveau, which was popularized by a gallery

in France, is now used to describe all artwork and movements that were created between

1894 and 1914 in response to the popular point of view.

Art Nouveau artists’ main goal was to erase the line between major and minor art.

They wanted to unify all arts and center it around man and his life. They rebelled against

the growing factories and the constant rise in city population. Many artists felt they had to

return to the roots of artwork and leave the current art style. This led the artists to

abandon the imitative art that previously seen in

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In architecture, the Art Nouveau scene was led by a Scottish architect named

Charles Rennie Mackintosh. It led to

Art Deco movement which was predominent during the twenties and thirties. His brooches and combs created

in the Art Nouveau style was the largest attraction at the Paris International Exhibition in

1900. After seeing Emrile Galle’s piece at the Paris Exhibtion of 1889, Tiffany gained

an interest in glassmaking.

Mackintosh focused his work around the geometric line and was most influential during

the Austrian Sezessionstil.

The major characteristic of Art Nouveau is its flowing asymmetrical line that

usually takes the shape of flower stalks, vines, insect wings or other delicate pieces that

are found in nature. Aubrey Beardley’s creativity with the organic line along with

William Morris, who showed the importance of the vital style in the applied arts,

influenced the movement in England. Another American involved in the Art Nouveau movement was architect

Louis Henry Sullivan. The four storied Hotel Tassel in Brussels uses a curved line for its

interior as well as for the facade. Leading the charge in Art Nouveau

jewelry making was a Frenchman named Rene Lalique. Some of Lalique’s best works were created for a French actress named Sarah

Bernhardt. This could be seen in artwork that covered the

entire spectrum. Lalique rarely created designs that contained precious stones, instead using

gracious and fantastic designs. The power of the line dominates over the other artistic

elements- form, color, texture, and creates its very own decorative effect.

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