Art Nouvaeu

The Art Nouveau era occurred between the years od 1890 - 1910. At this time Europe was in a state of prosperity and peace. Economic growth started to support a new and experimental direction in the designing process. There was a great deal of rejection with the use of academic models as well as traditional design in this era. Some artists in this era projected an admiration for Japanese art. Moving forward, the leaders of this movement were France and Belgium, however, Germany, Spain, and the Scandinavian countries were also affected with some awareness in Western countries. The uses of metal as well as glass in this time period made a huge impact on the style and feel of the architecture and design. Unusual decorative details in the artists work also really made this type of design extremely different and unique.

 
 
Hector Guimard, the most significant figure in Paris was one of my favorite designers from this period considering his unique style of using iron as well as his creative style in furniture. This side table made by Hector was very interesting considering the use of elongating wooden legs with a sleek scooped top, I really liked this piece!

Another influential artist in this time period was a man named Louis Comfort Tiffany. His focus was on stained glass art. He produced several American church windows as well as creating abstract floral forms of work for residential homes.

 This lamp in particular was one of my favorite pieces of work by him. I idolized his work because he made things by hand and put in a lot of time and effort into the production of his design which left a great impact on him.

 

 

 

 

This is a modern application of Tiffany's trend that is still used today demonstrated by this hanging glass floral printed lamp.

 

 

 

Another modern application that demonstrated this era would be the use of the bent iron to create a grand entrance to this home.

 

 

 

I looked at Nichole's blog and she definitely has a thorough understanding of this time period considering the pictures she selected that showed the use of curved lined architecture and stained
glass artwork.

I also looked at Samantha's blog and I really liked the pictures she selected of the awesome architecture that shows the curves of the bent iron and also the curves in the faces of buildings in the stone as clearly the iron incorporated into it as well

Youtube Clip:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_4j2WPzSKU

This clip shows a handful of pictures demonstrating the design of this era.