Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau was an international style of art, architecture and applied art which featured decorative designs. The Art Nouveau movement stuck around from 1890 to 1910 and was said to be a reaction to academic art. The art form was known for its decorative nature art forms and featured many artists across Europe. The term "Art Nouveau" stood for "New Art" due to the shift in design and art at the time. The movement featured many art forms within it; everything from architecture, graphic art, interior design and most of the decorative arts at that time. However, later after in 1910, Art Nouveau was replaced with dominant european architecture and decorative styles from Art Deco and then Modernism - which as a consequence Art Nouveau was no longer.
Gustav Klimt
- Born 1862 and died 1918
- From Baumgarten, Austrian Empire
- Part of the symbolism and Art Nouveau movement
'The Kiss' was painted by Gustav Klimt 1907-1908. This is probably his most notorious painting and was painted during the "golden period" of his career; when he did many other paintings in a similar style. The canvas is a perfect square, which on it is a couple engaging in complete love wearing elaborate robes in a typical Art Nouveau style/early Arts and Crafts movement. The painting is composed of oil paint and gold leaves, a style that gives it it's modern yet sophisticated 1900's feel.
Ver Sacrum
Meaning "Sacred Spring" in Latin, was a magazine for the Vienna Secessions, was first published in 1898. It featured drawings and designs in the Jugendstil style. Ver Sacrum was the magazine published on behalf of Vienna Secessions which was a movement involving the conflicting ideas of Klimt.
I like the bold, almost print-working finish of the work in Ver Sacum. It's iconic typography is identifiable immediately as Art Nouveau. I do believe that these have influenced the melodic hardcore/harcore scenes in modern day; because it is holds a very similar finish with one flat base colour and detailing around it or inside it.
This is a design made by an unknown artist for the band Malev. It has a medieval religious feel to it - which is seen a lot throughout the Art Nouveau times. The design has the dark, focal background (primarily around the sides of the illustration) and the feature section rising from the bottom which you can see is typically in the designs for Ver Sacrum.
Ver Sacrum designs were bold and exciting which you can see in a lot of modern designs also. This is my particular favourite that was featured on the cover. This features the typical female form used in Art Nouveau and I think it's interesting because of the strong lifework combined with the flow of the dark, bold background.
William Morris
William Morris was born in 1834 and died in 1896. Morris was wealthy heritiged a textile designer, poet and Novelist who studied at Oxford University, although he was born in Essex. Morris took an interest in Medievalism whilst studying in Oxford which began his journey for the following years and lead to him owning his own company - "Morris, Marshall and faulknes & Co." He was good friends with the pre-Raphaelite artists Edward Burnard Jones and Dante Rossetti - which shared the love of botanics and has very stylised works. However, Morris' interest in Medieval architecture led him to create a huge project "The Red House" along side his friend Phillip Webb.
THE RED HOUSE
The Red House was a part of the Arts and Crafts movement - which was based in Bexleyheath, South London. It had originally been made for the idea that Morris would live in it with his wife Jane and his future children; however, it didn't result in it. After 5 years of it being build in 1860, Morris discovered he wasn't able to afford the upkeep and sold the property.
The design was highly influenced by Medievalism and the neo-gothic designs that Morris fell in love with. This led Morris to create his company "Morris" for his textile designs (wallpapers) which changed named several times depending on the company he had. However, after the selling of his home, the property later changed interior depending on the residence in the home - losing the traditional medieval and botanic interior that Morris had aimed for. 1866 until 2002, the home was home to various residence by since 2002 the restoration of The Red House went underway by The National Trust who had bought it, to restore the typical Morris original. The home is now able to be visited and has a tea room and gift shop.
William Morris was born in 1834 and died in 1896. Morris was wealthy heritiged a textile designer, poet and Novelist who studied at Oxford University, although he was born in Essex. Morris took an interest in Medievalism whilst studying in Oxford which began his journey for the following years and lead to him owning his own company - "Morris, Marshall and faulknes & Co." He was good friends with the pre-Raphaelite artists Edward Burnard Jones and Dante Rossetti - which shared the love of botanics and has very stylised works. However, Morris' interest in Medieval architecture led him to create a huge project "The Red House" along side his friend Phillip Webb.
THE RED HOUSE
The Red House was a part of the Arts and Crafts movement - which was based in Bexleyheath, South London. It had originally been made for the idea that Morris would live in it with his wife Jane and his future children; however, it didn't result in it. After 5 years of it being build in 1860, Morris discovered he wasn't able to afford the upkeep and sold the property.
The design was highly influenced by Medievalism and the neo-gothic designs that Morris fell in love with. This led Morris to create his company "Morris" for his textile designs (wallpapers) which changed named several times depending on the company he had. However, after the selling of his home, the property later changed interior depending on the residence in the home - losing the traditional medieval and botanic interior that Morris had aimed for. 1866 until 2002, the home was home to various residence by since 2002 the restoration of The Red House went underway by The National Trust who had bought it, to restore the typical Morris original. The home is now able to be visited and has a tea room and gift shop.
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