Urmph . what should I describe for the Art Nouveau. It can be defined more than a mere style, there barriers between the fine art and applied art. It breaks all the classical times because they were more redefine the meaning and nature of artworks. The art Nouveau described as New Art because it is new and known as revolutionary. This style covered in many art forms such as glassware, furniture, architecture, pottery, graphic design, jewelry, textiles and painting.
Example of Art Nouveau painting - The Gustav Klimt.
As far from the artworks created in this movement, all of them can be described dramatic, all the organic shapes have been stylized and more curving lines. Most of them are taken from nature and the stylized in abstract. The High Victorian style, the Japanese and Rococo art inspired by the art nouveau. In this movement, the artist should not overlook at any everyday object and no matter how utilitarian it might be. They making people’s lives better. One of the famous architect and design is Rennie Mackintosh which is an architect and furniture designer. The American designer Louis Comfort Tiffany is a jewelry designer who also a major Art Nouveau.
Industrialised, mass-produced items started to gain popularity. Along with the Industrial Revolution, Asian style and emerging modernist ideas also influenced Mackintosh's designs. When the Japanese isolationist regime softened, shipyards building at the River Clyde were exposed to Japanese navy and training engineers; Glasgow’s link with the eastern country became particularly close. Japanese design became more accessible and gained great popularity. This style was admired by Mackintosh because of: its restraint and economy of means rather than ostentatious accumulation; its simple forms and natural materials rather than elaboration and artifice; the use of texture and light and shadow rather than pattern and ornament.
"Mackintosh Chairs"
Industrialised, mass-produced items started to gain popularity. Along with the Industrial Revolution, Asian style and emerging modernist ideas also influenced Mackintosh's designs. When the Japanese isolationist regime softened, shipyards building at the River Clyde were exposed to Japanese navy and training engineers; Glasgow’s link with the eastern country became particularly close. Japanese design became more accessible and gained great popularity. This style was admired by Mackintosh because of: its restraint and economy of means rather than ostentatious accumulation; its simple forms and natural materials rather than elaboration and artifice; the use of texture and light and shadow rather than pattern and ornament.
I love all art, but art nouveau holds a special place in my heart. I studied about it in college and have been visiting as many exhibits as I can get to. I've even experimented making my own piece of art nouveau! But nothing can be like Charles Rennie Mackintosh's art nouveau paintings, which are, by far, my favorites.
I encountered his watercolor paintings in an art exhibit in his native Scotland and was immediately struck by the elegance of his work and the unique way he portrayed nature. It's actually why I admire art nouveau so much. You see an image, like a simple flower, but the artist makes it look so sophisticated. I would love to own one of his pieces one day for my home.
Rose and Tear Drop fabric 1923
Moreover, I am a fan of art deco and art nouveau metalwork in architecture. I like the stylized look of the art forms, especially art deco. There is an old supper club in the Biltmore district of Phoenix that has always caught my eye. The building has those prominent art deco arches that are accentuated with those long straight lines that swoop into geometric curves. The windows and the rest of the building’s design matches to the style perfectly.
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