Art+Nouveau

ARt NoUVeau

Start with a line. Think organic. Think plant. Think growing, stretching, elegant movement, smooth, silky, flowing. Think weaving, intertwined. Think follow. Think beauty, elegant, mysterious. Now draw.

Artists of note - Charles Renie Mackintosh & Alphonse Mucha

Arabesque, Organic in nature.

Symmetry

The use of line, graceful fluid line along with portraits of "beautiful" women

Decoration for the sake of decoration. The use of birds and other animals that exhibit pattern and have a certain sophisticated look were greatly used.

Insects like Butterflies and Dragon flies were greatly used. (when the birds didn't eat them)

Flowers, dainty and graceful as well as large and filled with pattern and all with color intense or not. Notice the line work and sense how it moves your eye through the design of the flower or clothe of a garment. Notice the symmetry and tight to open spaces in the flowers or even redesigned flowers. Many were stylized from observation.

Flow and fluidity were very important to the design of these posters. This did not go unrecognized by the poster makers of the late 60's art posters, made famous by the Filmore concerts and a group of artists called Family Dog.

Alphonse Mucha

One of Mucha's models.





















Gustave Klimit

Gaudy the great Spanish Architect











Tiffany designs started as just a little craft shop and then because of design and craftsmanship it grew to include pottery and other house hold items.

Stain glass

Wall paper patterns Below is the work of Rennie Mackintosh From Glasglow Scottland. Design encompassed all stages of the completed construction work.