Time

With More time...

- With more time i would compile more information into my pact. I would include a few sections on ideas on how to get started with Art Nouveau and move on to make different products and pieces of art.

- I wold also Include many different artists ranging from the beginning of Art Nouveau right up until the present day to show how the development of Art Nouveau came and went exactly.

- Finally I would show how Art Nouveau links into different themes and cultures so that persons may add more context to the themes and ideas that they may be exploring. 

 

Linking Artists to my own designs

- using my research to inspire deigns I used Victor Horta's swirls and vine like designs to influence me in my Wild Wood themed designs.
- I also used Charles Rennie Mackintosh's use of colour and negative space to bring a more modern look to my designs.
He uses a very matt palette to illustrate the naturalistic designs that he does portray within the wildwood themes and designs.
- Alphonse Mucha can be used in very naturalistic designs and wild wood themes. His borders of vines and negative space provide a solid base for any of these themes.
- Rene Lalique is a very specific style.

Presentation

Other ways Research Pack may be presented...

- At the current moment in time i have presented my Research Pack in the form of a blog, however with more understand of the computer software i would of added hyperlinks so that users may navigate themselves around the blog with even more ease.

- The research may also be presented as a leaflet printed and laminated so that these could be used in schools and taken into workshops and used over and over again. However with this idea it would be very many leaflets or the information for young children would have to be highly compacted meaning less  information and pictures included.

- Another way of presenting my research pack would be to make a video to inform users of the later generations of Art Nouveau and this would be even easier to use and would open up the target audience and those who are able to access the videos and therefore the information on Art Nouveau.

- Finally the last way i have considered presenting my pack would be in a box. What this essentially comes to is a simple box where inside there would be a selection of different items. This would include a selection of physical items that represent Art Nouveau exactly such as: laminated leaves, flowers etc. The box would also have in it a selection of cards and pictures of different artists, products, and Art Nouveau itself. This opens up the target audience to children of a lot younger. 

Modern Art Nouveau

Modern Art Nouveau Deco...

- Lastly this is a great example of modern Art Nouveau within furniture. The organic forms mixed with a white simple finish gives a real modernised look to the piece of design, a refreshing look which can sometimes be harder to find in the Art Nouveau era.

Line

- Here this follows the classic Art Nouveau style, the lines are flowing and free. The lines are shaped like a tree going upwards and up following a non regimented style which is the essence of Art Nouveau.

Colour

- The colour is a organic brown, with a flowing white back to it which modernises the design completely and adds a new and fresh feel to the product itself. 

Abstract Art Nouveau Design

Modernised Art Nouveau Imagery...

- Here is a modern example of Art Nouveau. This is a picture of a modernised picture of a classic. Although it still is easily recognisable as something from the Art Nouveau era it has some very modern aspects of it and uses negative space and simplistic colours to contrast the Art Nouveau.


Line
- Here there are regimented straight lines down the middle of the piece, however around the sides there are the usual Art Nouveau naturalistic curves and organic shapes swirling around to make the piece a true Art Nouveau.

Space
- The space is very compacted meaning that this is very closely follows the criteria of Art Nouveau. Its non regimented gaps means that the style is very free and flowing.

Colour
- The colour is what sets this design apart from the rest of the Art Nouveau. The colours consist of black and a deep purple, very unlike the organic colours that is usually associated with Art Nouveau.

Art Nouveau Designs

Art Nouveau classic Wallpaper designs...

- This is a very classic pattern for Art Nouveau and explores the themes and colours very well. It is a repetitive pattern which shows us that this is not a modern design but one thats much older and more classic.

Line

- Here is a very repetitive pattern, this wall paper has a very curved pattern that portrays flowers and does not use any straight, regimented lines, but rather organic natural patterns, that is very typical to the Art Nouveau of its time.

Space

- Here the patterns are very compacted and repetitive. Meaning that throughout the piece negative space is not used just like in the natural world, everything is winding throughout and around.

Colour

- Finally colour, the colours in this piece are ever so slightly different to what you would expect in a Art Nouveau piece of art. The colouring is more blue deep, and turquoise there are also shades of purple in there. This is unlike the natural Art Nouveau as it is unlike colours that are found in the natural world.

Modern Art Nouveau

Modern Art Nouveau in furniture...

St. Germane Bed by Tripoli Designs

- The bed truly shows how Art Nouveau has developed over the generations. However in some senses this piece of furniture contrasts the typical Art Nouveau style making this piece of work slightly different from all the other Art Nouveau products.

Line

- Here we have no straight or regimented lines, each line is smooth curved, as well as each being seemly free and wild. In this sense this product follows the theme of Art Nouveau completely bringing a new light to the theme.

Space

- In this piece there is a lot of negative space used, this shows how Art Nouveau has been modernised minimalising from what you would usually expect in a Art Nouveau Product. 

Colour

- The colour is Black. This contrasts greatly to what Art Nouveau colour palettes usually consist of which are usually very naturalistic colouring.  However this shows how Art Nouveau has been modernised.

Modern Art Nouveau

Example of Modern Art Nouveau in Architecture form

This is the perfect example of some modern day Art nouveau. Many think that this theme only is present in pictures however there is a strong industry for Art Nouveau in Architecture, decor and furniture.

Line

- Art Nouveau uses line in a very specific way, generally there is no straight lines within art nouveau art, however when there is use for straight lines there will be a very natural, organic look to the product. Here on this house we have a very straight regimented back ground despite the organic wood that it is made out of. However on top of this regimented style there is another layer that consists of just curved lines and a very wild look to it contrasting the straight lines.

Space

- The natural/curved lines do no fill the whole space but rather creep up and off the building leaving a sweeping feel to the house.

Colour

- The colour is a natural wood which extends over the whole of the building. However there are shading under some of the curved lines, This gives depth and shows the imperfections that is the natural world.

Louis Comfort Tiffany

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.

Born: February 18, 1848
Died: January 17, 1933

Victor Horta

Victor Horta

Victor Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Horta is considered one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture.

Born: January 6, 1861

Died: September 8, 1947

.

Emile Galle

Emile Galle

Émile Gallé was a French artist who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major forces in the French Art Nouveau movement.

Born: May 8, 1846

Died: September 23, 1904

Aubrey Beardsley

Aubrey Beardsley

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley was an English illustrator and author. His drawings in black ink, influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.

Born: August 21, 1872

Died: March 16, 1898

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. He was a designer in the post impressionist movement and also the main representative of Art Nouveau in the United Kingdom.

Born: June 7, 1868,

Died: December 10, 1928

René Lalique

René Lalique

Glass and Jewelry

René Jules Lalique was a French glass designer known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases, jewelry, chandeliers, clocks and automobile hood ornaments. He started a glassware firm, named after him, which still remains successful.

1. Born: April 6, 1860, Champagne, France
2. Died: May 5, 1945, Paris, France

When he returned from England, he worked as a freelance artist, designing pieces of jewellery for French jewelers Cartier, Boucheron and others. In 1885, he opened his own business and designed and made his own jewellery and other glass pieces. By 1890, Lalique was recognized as one of France's foremost Art Nouveau jewellery designers; creating innovative pieces for Samuel Bing's new Paris shop, Maison de l'Art Nouveau. He went on to be one of the most famous in his field, his name synonymous with creativity, beauty and quality.

alphonse mucha

Alphonse Mucha
posters

Born: July 24, 1860

Died: July 14, 1939

Alfons Maria Mucha, often known in English and French as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs.
Alphonse Maria Mucha was born in the town of Ivancice, Moravia (today's region of Czech Republic). His singing abilities allowed him to continue his education through high school in the Moravian capital of Brünn (today Brno), even though drawing had been his first love since childhood.

He worked at decorative painting jobs in Moravia, mostly painting theatrical scenery, then in 1879 moved to Vienna to work for a leading Viennese theatrical design company, while informally furthering his artistic education.

He was most well known for his imagery of women.

Overview of Art Nouveau

ART NOUVEAU

c.1880 to 1910)

Art Nouveau is said to be the first 20th century modern style and a short movement at that. It was the first style to use the natural world as inspiration.The movement went through Europe gaining a lot of attention. The idea of the movement was to abolish the hierarchy of the arts however the movement went out of fashion in the 1920's to make way for the new Art Deco. Art Nouveau however is still remembered as featuring a substantial part in modernism. 
Many Art Nouveau designers felt that 19th century design had been excessively ornamental, and in wishing to avoid what they perceived as frivolous decoration, they evolved a belief that the function of an object should dictate its form. This theory had its roots in contemporary revivals of the gothic style, and in practice it was a somewhat flexible ethos, yet it would be an important part of the style's legacy to later movements such as modernism and the Bauhaus.


 some of the things going on in the world at this time were:

• 1859 The Origin of the Species is written by Charles Darwin
• 1865 War and Peace is written by Tolstoy
• 1867 Disraeli is prime minister
• 1899 aspirin is first marketed
• 1901 Marconi transmits first radio signals across the Atlantic

The style is:

• Elongated
• Curved Lines
• Vertical Lines
• Height
• Stylized, roots, flowers, leaves
• The female form ( exotic, sensuous, jeweled )
• Organic 

Some of the Influences for Art Nouveau being:

• 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

There were some major artists that influenced this movement some of which were: 

• Charles Rennie Mackintosh - architect and designer of furniture and jewellery
• Alphonse Mucha - posters
• Aubrey Beardsley - book illustrations
• Louis Comfort Tiffany - lighting
• René Lalique - glass and jewellery
• Emile Galle - ceramics, glass and furniture
• Victor Horta - architect