Art Nouveau & Vienna Secession
Art Nouveau Characteristics
A style of decorative art, architecture and design prominent in western Europe and the US. Intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms.
Samuel Bing
Art Nouveau Owns a shop named: Salon de l' Art Nouveau. It featured: glass, textiles, and furniture. Louis Comfort Tiffany had his works in his shop.
Vienna Secession
Began in Vienna, Austria Different from art nouveau Geometric and linear Simple, rational construction Honest use of materials Big influence on modern movements to come Revolution in all arts - effected everything
The Four
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Herbert McNair Margaret MacDonald Francis MacDonald
Weiner Werkstatte
Craft organization with similar beliefs as the Vienna Secession More focus on excellent craftsmanship and the unity of the whole design. No mass production and ornamentation Honest use of materials Simpler than Art Nouveau Wanted to get rid of the art and design barrier
Modernism
Geometrical shapes Purist simplicity Very different from the Weiner Werkstatte Approved of mass production
Adolf Loos
Modern Forerunner Architect and Designer Ornament is a crime - book
Art Nouveau
New and Experimental Larger amount of wealthy people made it possible It's related with fashion Hand done and costly
Most known Individuals - Vienna Secession
Otto Wagner Olbrich Josef Hoffman Josef Olbrich Koloman Moser Gustav Klint
Louis Sullivan
Pioneer of modernism Form follows function First american Modernist Architect
Goals of Weiner Werkstatte
Produce by hand craftsmanship and the proper treatment of materials, total works of functional art, and a style of today.
3 Things that affected this period
Rejection of historicism Integration of the machine Adaptation of new materials and technology
Important characteristics
Rejection of victorian styles and imitation Modern materials and techniques Complete unity and total works of art Fine arts are part of the whole design Decorative ornaments that are abstracts forms based on nature Curved lines and forms dominated Asymmetrical whiplash curves
Louis Comfort Tiffant
Represents Art Nouveau in the United States Interior decoration firm Tiffany Glass Company - Samuel Bing - L'Art
