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    Art Nouveau was an artistic movement that originated in Europe in the late 19th century. Known for its fluid, flowing organic forms and emphasis on nature, it was influenced by Japonism and the Arts and Crafts movement. Starting in Belgium and spreading to France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain under different names like Jugendstil and Modernisme, it featured sinuous lines, botanical motifs and exposed materials like iron, glass and ceramics. Notable Art Nouveau architects included Victor Horta, Hector Guimard, Henry van de Velde and Antonio Gaudi, whose works like the Sagrada Familia and Park Güell exemplified its ornate style.

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    Art Nouveau was an artistic movement that originated in Europe in the late 19th century. Known for its fluid, flowing organic forms and emphasis on nature, it was influenced by Japonism and the Arts and Crafts movement. Starting in Belgium and spreading to France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain under different names like Jugendstil and Modernisme, it featured sinuous lines, botanical motifs and exposed materials like iron, glass and ceramics. Notable Art Nouveau architects included Victor Horta, Hector Guimard, Henry van de Velde and Antonio Gaudi, whose works like the Sagrada Familia and Park Güell exemplified its ornate style.

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    Art Nouveau was an artistic movement that originated in Europe in the late 19th century. Known for its fluid, flowing organic forms and emphasis on nature, it was influenced by Japonism and the Arts and Crafts movement. Starting in Belgium and spreading to France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain under different names like Jugendstil and Modernisme, it featured sinuous lines, botanical motifs and exposed materials like iron, glass and ceramics. Notable Art Nouveau architects included Victor Horta, Hector Guimard, Henry van de Velde and Antonio Gaudi, whose works like the Sagrada Familia and Park Güell exemplified its ornate style.

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    ART NOUVEAU

    HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
    ART NOUVEAU
    BACKGROUND:
    Started around 1890s to early 20th century
    Known as “new art”
    Goal: modern art for modern age
    Started in Belgium then France
    Founders: Henry van de Velde, Victor Horta, Paul Hanker
    Developed the theory “form follows function”
    Different names in different places of art nouveau:
    Jugendstil- Germany
    Sezessionstil/ secession style- Austria
    Stile floreale/ stile liberty- Italy
    Modernismo/ modernista- Spain
    Glasgow style- Scotland
    ART NOUVEAU
    GeoGRAPHICAL
    • It started in Belgium then France

    Geological: Resources
    • Extensive use of metals, ironworks, and
    steel, fabrics
    • Part of the industrialization movement is
    the use of metals to create steam
    machines, trains, railways, train stations,
    canals (growth in communications)
    • Abundance in materials to produce glass
    Technology

    • Industrialization produced machines that easily forms


    wrought iron, and glass into any form the designers and
    architects want.
    • Hyperbolas (an open curve with two branches)
    • Parabolas (two-dimensional, mirror-symmetrical curve,
    like U-shape)

    Inspirations:
    • Japonism- refers to the popularity and influence of
    Japanese art and design in western Europe in the
    nineteenth century
    - Graphic design and art
    -Porcelain
    -Furnishings
    -Jewelry
    • Arts and crafts movement of William Morris
    ORNAMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC OF
    ART NOUVEAU
    Characteristics
    •Asymetrical Shapes
    •Fluid, curved forms with a whiplash effect
    •Curved glass
    •Swirling tendrils, Botanical-like embellishments
    •Mosaics
    •Stained glass
    •Japanese motifs
    •Exposed iron
    •Ferro vitreous architecture- combination of iron
    and glass
    •Parabolic curves
    ORNAMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC OF
    ART NOUVEAU
    • One of the big style theme is the emphasis on
    the female form. When you see girls and
    Liberal combination of- ironwork, glass, ceramic women in Art Nouveau designs
    and brickwork

    Decorative elements
    • combination of nature and industry
    • surfaces done in terra cotta, a baked earthen
    clay; colorful glazed tile; and mosaic.
    • Buildings feature colors that recalled nature,
    like browns, yellows, blues and greens.
    Hotel Tassel or Tassel house by Victor Horta, 1892

    Generally regarded as the first complete building in fully-fledged Art Nouveau style. It is narrow-fronted and deep, the
    rooms planned rather more freely than was normal at this time and with some exploitation of floor levels.
    — Sir Banister Fletcher, A History of Architecture
    Doors/Gates

    Castel Beranger

    Whiplash, sinuous lines


    Home of Jules Lavirotte
    Windows

    Casa Batlló in Barcelona, Antonio Gaudi, 1904


    Metro de Paris by Hector Guimard
    - Guimard created two types of entrances,
    with and without glass roofs, some also
    featuring paneling with floral motifs.
    Jugendstil- Germany

    from the Munich magazine die jugend (“youth”)


    mainly floral in character; Japanese applied arts and
    prints; and a later, more abstract phase
    Henry van de Velde and Mikhail Eisenstein
    SECESSIONISTIL STYLE-
    AUSTRIA
    ALSO CALLED AS THE “VIENNA SECESSION”

    The Vienna secession


    -
    was created as a reaction
    to the conservatism of
    the artistic institutions in
    the Austrian capital at
    the end of the 19th
    century.
    - A visual manifestation
    of their beliefs

    Secession Exhibition BuildingJoseph Maria Olbrich,


    1897-8, Vienna, Austria
    Gustav Klimt created a frieze for the
    now iconic structure, which has the
    group’s slogan, “To every age its art, to
    every art its freedom,” carved above
    the door.
    Stile Floreale/ Stile Liberty- Italy
    took from the name of Arthur Lasenby liberty ;
    liberty department store
    example:

    Palazzo Castilgioni
    Modernismo/ Modernista- Spain
    ALSO KNOW AS CATALAN ART NOUVEAU
    - CATALAN MEANING MODERNISM
    EXAMPLE:
    BASILICA DE LA SAGRADA FAMILIA
    ARCHITECT: ANTONIO GAUDI
    CASA MILA –ANTONI GAUDI
    Although the stylistic movement ended over 100 years
    ago, true Art Nouveau designs are still being
    completed today. Antonio Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia in
    Barcelona, considered a masterpiece of Modernisme
    architecture, was begun in 1882, but it will not be
    complete until 2026.
    CASA BATTLÓ.
    BARCELONA, SPAIN.
    - Also known as House of Bones
    - Remodeled in 1904 by Architect
    Antonio Gaudi
    - curving facade and use of glass and
    ironwork
    PARK GUELL- ANTONI GAUDI
    Famous Architects
    Hector Guimard- Porte Dauphine (Paris
    Metro Station)
    Henry van de Velde- School of Art and
    Applied arts
    Victor Horta- Tassel House
    Antonio Gaudi- La sagrada de Familia

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