Interior Design - Art Nouveau Style

ART NOUVEAU
INTERIOR DESIGN
S.PRATHYUSHA
6TH SEM , MSPA
Introduction
• It is an international philosophy and style of
1. Art
2. Architecture
3. Applied art that were most popular during 1890–1910.
• The most important places for architecture during this period were Brussels, Paris, France
and Barcelona.
• The name 'Art nouveau' is French for 'new art'. The most important architects were Antonio
Gaudi & Domenechi Montaner.
• It represents the beginning of modernism in design(Modern Architecture).
• It occurred at a time when
1. Mass-produced consumer goods began to fill the marketplace, and
2. Designers, architects, and artist began to understand that the handcrafted work of centuries
past could be lost.
Flourished in major European cities between 1890– 1910.
Emerged in the early 1890s in all the visual arts:

1. Painting,
2. Sculpture,
3. Architecture,
4. Interior design,
5. graphic arts,
6. Posters,
7. Jewellery,
8. Clothing, and
9. Furniture
Art Nouveau was underlined by a particular way of thinking about

1. Modern society and
2. New production methods, attempting to redefine the meaning and nature of

the work of art, so that art would not overlook any everyday object.
Inspirations
Japanese Art
Arts and Crafts Movement • the flat perspective and strong colors
of Japanese woodblock prints

• Led by William Morris
• (Olive green, carnation pink and periwinkle blue)

• reaction against the cluttered designs and
compositions of Victorian-era decorative art
•“Whiplash” curves were derived
• Hand craftsmanship
“Whiplash” curves Art Nouveau typically employed intricate
curvilinear patterns of sinuous asymmetrical lines, often based
• Highly expressive paintings of post impressionist
on plant-form
CHARACTERISTICS
Nouveau buildings have many of these features:
• Asymmetrical shapes
• Extensive use of arches and curved forms (Decorations related

to nature: flowers, trees, leaves, vines, plants, and females with
long hair )
• Curved glass
• Curving, plant-like embellishments
• Mosaics
• Stained glass
• Japanese motifs
Lines without sharp angles

MOODBOARD
Victor Horta (1861-1947)
Horta is famous for his pioneering work in Art Nouveau and the
translation of the style from the decorative arts.
Horta's inventiveness with Art Nouveau helped to make it

something of a national style in Belgium by 1900 before its
swift demise in advance of World War I.
Horta's work in Art Nouveau is marked by a keen understanding

of the capabilities of industrial advances with iron and glass as
structure and infill.
Horta's buildings disclose an honest handling of their materials'

properties, particularly the ability of iron to be twisted and bent
into hairpin forms that extend seamlessly into the
accompanying décor, inside and out, making the buildings "total
works of art."
Hector Guimard
Guimard was a French architect, best-known for designing the
cast-iron entrances to the Paris Metro. He believed in the
integration of all the elements of a building, so he often
designed the furniture and all the interior details for his
architectural projects. His furniture incorporated curved lines
and floral motifs, common of Art Nouveau, and had a subtle
search for asymmetry expressed in the incorporation of small
details and ornaments that were different on each side of the
piece. He often used mahogany and maple with a fine varnished
finish. Guimard's designs were complex and difficult to produce,
so they were not affordable for the general public
Antoni Gaudí
In Spain, Art Nouveau was combined with local influences and
became known as Spanish Modernism. Architect Antoni Gaudí
was the main promoter of that artistic movement and is famous
for his masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia and other singular
buildings in the city of Barcelona. As many architects did at the
time, he often designed the furniture for his buildings. He also
created sculptures and metalwork pieces. Gaudí's furniture
designs incorporated the curved lines and floral motifs of Art
Nouveau, combined with a more traditional Catalonian look,
sturdier and not very ornamented.
DOORS
Organic sweeping lines
Coloured glass is important in exterior doors
To sync with interiors ceramic tiles are used for flooring
Art nouveau decor should be decorative and

ornamental.
Furnishings can feature curved or straight lines

growing upwards from the ground while doors can
sport stained glass and leaf and stalk shaped
leading.
WINDOWS
THE WINDOWS ARE EITHER SET FLUSH WITH THE WALL
SURFACE OR RECESSED TO THE STRESS THE VOLUME OF
ARCHITECTURE
Decorative glass was used as an update windows which were in

a traditional in form
Stylised scenes, landscapes or compostions of birds or plants
Glassn
CEILING
Usually ceiling is painted in white and decorated with stucco
and paintings. Decorative ornaments can be very different: thus
in Latvia were mainly flowers and plants, Shehtel took
inspiration from underwater world, while Gaudi used abstract
convex shapes.
Antoni Gaudí
FURNITURE
Furniture was mainly wooden. The surface was decorated with
floral ornaments and stained glass. Headboards, wardrobes,
chair backs very often had curved forms. The shape of the head
board here, for example, resembles butterfly wings
Art Nouveau furniture is often made of materials like hardwood,

especially walnut, oak, and teak. Some surfaces are decorated
by a process called inlay, where small pieces of hardwoods are
cut and pieced together to form a flat decorative surface.
Furniture pieces can also incorporate metals that also curve and
bend in elegant ways.
Furniture for the bedroom by Hector Guimard. Author: Je
Pierre Dalbéra – CC BY 2.0
Art Nouveau interiors also strove to create a harmonious,
coherent environment that left no surface untouched. Furniture
design took center stage in this respect, particularly in the
production of carved wood that featured sharp, irregular
contours, often handcrafted but occasionally manufactured
using machines.
Furniture makers turned out pieces for every use imaginable:

beds, chaises, dining room tables and chairs, armoires,
sideboards, and lamp stands.
The sinuous curves of the designs often fed off the natural grain
of woods and was often permanently installed as wall paneling
and molding.
MATERIALS USED • In architecture, hyperbolas and
parabolas in windows, arches and doors
Stained Glass
are common and decorative mouldings
• Wrought Iron ‘grow 'into plant – derived forms.
• Art Nouveau designers selected and
• Mosaic Tiles
modernized some of the more abstract
• Lime Mortar elements of Rococo style, such as flame
and shell textures.
• WallPapers
• Glazed Stucco
DOORWAY
WINDOW GATE
Hotel van Eetvelde in Brussels
The Hotel van Eetvelde in Brussels was designed in 1898 by Victor Horta
Floors are parquet and are stained and varnished.
Wallpaper designs are highly stylised flowers, particularly poppies, water lilies and
wisteria; branches, tendrils, leaves, stems, thistles, pomegranates; peacock
feathers, birds and dragonflies.
Colour schemes are quite muted and sombre and became known as 'greenery
yallery' - mustard, sage green, olive green and brown. Team these with lilac, violet
and purple, peacock blue.
Stained glass panels went in doors as well as furniture -
wardrobe doors, cabinets, mirrors etc, with curved leading for
the stalks and leaves, ending in a flower made from pearly
enamels or semi-precious stones such as amethysts.
Door handles beaten metal for door handles and light fittings
are perfect for that handmade finish
Experimented with all-white interiors Lighting
A Tiffany lamp is a must have.

ACCESSORIES
The chairs in an Art Nouveau decorated house had high

backrests and the tables were low and most often had the
countertop made out of colored glass.
Painted glass and stained glass are defining elements of this

style.
It is used in making decorative objects, lamps or for embedded

panels in the furniture or in the windows of doors.
Kitchen in the style of Art Nouveau involves asymmetry, Bathroom in the Art Nouveau style, as well as other facilities, are decorated
gliding line, decorations in the form of the working kitchen with stained-glass windows.
arranging with wall tiles or mosaics, depicting plants;
Artistic Stained Glass will be appropriate for windows, doors and even lamps
Art Nouveau style curtains are usually hung on wide eaves.

Stairs
During Art Nouveau period common staircase in dwellings has
transformed from dark and dull place to the beautiful and
brightly decorated piece of interior decor. Innovation of that
period that architects started to put windows on every floor
which provided a lot of natural light (before that staircase was
in the closed area with no windows). The walls were decorated
with bright ornaments and stairs had wrought iron railings.
Casa Batlló – Barcelona Secession Building – Vienna
ANTINO GAUDI was inspired by nature: there are few straight
This building is not just a fine example of Art Nouveau architecture,
lines, the building seems to ‘move’ like sea waves.
but was also the place where Secession artists (the Austrian variant
of Art Nouveau) used to meet.
Mosaic patterns remind viewers of fish scales, and the
structure of the building has a skeletal look.
Their motto is written in gold: “Der Zeit ihre Kunst/ der Kunst ihre
Freiheit” (“To every age its art. To every art its freedom.”). The
building is decorated with thousands of laurel leafs and berries. It
was designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich.
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ART NOUVEAU

• It represents the beginning of modernism in design(Modern Architecture).

• It occurred at a time when

1. Mass-produced consumer goods began to fill the marketplace, and

Emerged in the early 1890s in all the visual arts:

Art Nouveau was underlined by a particular way of thinking about

2. New production methods, attempting to redefine the meaning and nature of

of Japanese woodblock prints

• (Olive green, carnation pink and periwinkle blue)

• Extensive use of arches and curved forms (Decorations related

• Curving, plant-like embellishments

Lines without sharp angles

Horta's inventiveness with Art Nouveau helped to make it

Horta's work in Art Nouveau is marked by a keen understanding

Horta's buildings disclose an honest handling of their materials'

Coloured glass is important in exterior doors

To sync with interiors ceramic tiles are used for flooring

Art nouveau decor should be decorative and

Furnishings can feature curved or straight lines

Decorative glass was used as an update windows which were in

Stylised scenes, landscapes or compostions of birds or plants

Art Nouveau furniture is often made of materials like hardwood,

Furniture makers turned out pieces for every use imaginable:

Floors are parquet and are stained and varnished.

Experimented with all-white interiors Lighting

A Tiffany lamp is a must have.

The chairs in an Art Nouveau decorated house had high

Painted glass and stained glass are defining elements of this

It is used in making decorative objects, lamps or for embedded

Art Nouveau style curtains are usually hung on wide eaves.

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