ART

NOUVEAV
 • Birth of Art Nouveau
• Introduction: Art Nouveau
• -Time & Place
• -Hallmarks of Art Nouveau Styles
• -Other names for Art Nouveau

OUTLINE. • -Critical Nicknames

• Art Nouveau Architecture
• -Features
• -Pierre Forecastle
• -Stephan Tschudi Madsen
• -Art Nouveau Architects and their Works
BIRTH OF ART NOUVEAU.

• The last third of the 19th century saw the development of a

fundamentally approach to architecture and interior design.
All over Europe there was a need for liberating change of direction,
a desire to break away from set formulas based on pastiche of historical
styles and a search for original ideas, all of which resulted
at the beginning of the 1890s in the birth of Art Nouveau.
ART NOUVEAU: INTRODUCTION.

• Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied art, especially
the decorative arts, known in different languages by different names: Jugendstil in
German, Stile Liberty in Italian, Modernismo catalán in Spanish, etc. In English it is also
known as the Modern Style (not to be confused with Modernism and Modern
architecture). The style was most popular between 1890 and 1910. It was a reaction
against the academic art, eclecticism and historicism of 19th century architecture and
decoration. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and
flowers. Other characteristics of Art Nouveau were a sense of dynamism and movement,
often given by asymmetry or whiplash lines, and the use of modern materials, particularly
iron, glass, ceramics and later concrete, to create unusual forms and larger open spaces.
ART NOUVEAU: INTRODUCTION.

• Art Nouveau represents the beginning of modernism in

design (Modern Architecture).
• It occurred at a time when mass-
produced consumer goods began to fill the marketplace, and designers,
architects, and
• Artists began to understand that the handcrafted work of
centuries past could be lost. While reclaiming this craft
tradition, art nouveau designers simultaneously rejected traditional
styles in favor of new, organic forms that emphasized
humanity's connection to nature.
TIME AND
PLACE.

• Art
Nouveau art and architect
ure flourished
in major European cities
between 1890 and 1914.
 ART NOUVEAU: FORMS.

• It embraced all forms of art and design:

• architecture
• furniture
• glassware
• graphic design
• jewelry
• painting
• pottery
• metalwork
• textile

• This was a sharp contrast to the traditional separation of art into the distinct categories of fine
art (painting and sculpture) and applied arts (ceramics,furniture, and other practical objects).
HALLMARKS OF ART
NOUVEAU STYLE.

• flat, decorative patterns;

• intertwined organic forms such
as stems or flowers;
• An emphasis on handcrafting
as opposed
to machine manufacturing;
• the use of new materials;
• and the rejection of earlier styles
OTHER NAMES OF ART NOUVEAU.

• As it moved through Europe, Art Nouveau went through several phases

and took on a variety of names.

• Nieuwe Kunst In Netherland

• Jugendstil in Germany
• Arte Joven, in Spain
• Secession, in Austria
• Stile Liberty, in Italy
CRITICAL NICKNAMES.

• From its earliest appearance, the Art Nouveau was also dubbed with a host
of critical nicknames such as:

• Eel style
• Noodle style
• Mutton bone style
• Dandy style
ART NOUVEAU: FEATURES.

• Art Nouveau buildings have many of these features:

• Asymmetrical shapes
• Extensive use of arches and curved forms
• Curved glass
• Curving, plant-like embellishments
• Mosaics
• Stained glass
• Japanese motifs
ART NOUVEAU:
ARCHITECTS.
PIERRE FRANCASTEL.
• divides Art Nouveau into two main
tendencies that could broadly termed
the organic and the rationalist.
RATIONALIST: ORGANIC:

Mackintosh school Gaudi house

Glasglow, Scotland Barcelona, Spain
1897-1909 1903
-dependent on the -gives precedence to the
straight line curved line and floral shapes
STEPHAN TSCHUDI
MADSEN.
• proposed a more subtle classification,
but still
relies on an assumed antagonism between
four designs.
1.An abstract, structural style with
a strong symbolic and dynamic
tendency (France &
Belgium) (Horta, Guimard, Van
de Velde)
Henry Van
de Velde’s house.
2. A floral approach
focuding on organic
plant forms (Galle, Ma
jorelle, Vallin)
Aquarium Pavillion.
3. The linear, flat approach, with 4. A structured, geometric
a heavy symbolic element style (Austria & Germany)
(Glasglow group, Mackintosh) (Wagner, Olbrich, Hoffmann, Loos)

Glasgow School of Art Majolikahaus in

by Charles Rennie Vienna by Otto
Mackintosh Wagner
ART NOUVEAU ARCHITECTS
AND THEIR WORKS.

This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.

VICTOR HORTA.
• (Belgian architect and designer)
• (January 6, 1861 - September 8 1947)
Hotel Tassel.
• Brussels, Belgium
• Construction started 1893
• Completed 1894.

• (1st Art Nouveau Building in the World)

Hôtel van Eetvelde .

Brussels, Belgium​​
Construction started 1898​​
Completed 1900​.
Hôtel Solvay.

• Brussels, Belgium
• Construction started 1898
• Completed 1900.
HORTA MUSEUM.

• formerly known as Maison

& Atelier Horta Brussels,
Belgium Construction started
1898
• Completed 1900
FEATURES.
HECTOR
GUIMARD.
• (French architect)
• (Lyon, March 10, 1867 –
New York, May 20, 1942)
CASTLE BERANGER.

• Multi family housing, apartment

building.
• Bearing masonry, brick, cast iron.
• Asymmetrical.
• Wrought iron entry gate.
• Precedent work of contemporary
american blacksmith Albert Paley.
DETAILS
OF
CASTLE.
PARIS METRO
ENTRANCES.

• Light rail rapid transit stations.

• Iron and glass construction.
• Organic forms.
HOTEL GUIMARD.

• Private residence hotel.

• Cut stone bearing construction
system.
• Elegant façade with organic
detailing.
LOUIS SULLIVAN.
• (American architect)
• (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924)

• "father of skyscrapers“
• "father of modernism“
• one
of "the recognized trinity of American architecture"
WAINWRIGHT
BUILDING.

• Height: 44.81 meters /

147 feet
• Stories: 10
• Construction started: 1890
• Completed: 1891
CHARLES RENNIE
MACKINTOSH.
• British architect and interior designer .
THE LIGHT HOUSE.

• Glasglow, Scotland
• Completed in 1895
ANTONIO GOUDI.
• Gaudi was a Spanish
(Catalan) Architect who created complex buildings in
that the architecture was considered sculptural as well.
• His
buildings are considered biomorphic, or organically-
shaped. This is possibly a rejection to the coldness
that a machine-produced geometric
object would create.
CASA MILA.

• Barcelona,
Catalonia, Spain 1905-1907
 LA
SAGRADA
FAMILIA.
• Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 1882- 1926
PARQUE GUELL.

• Barcelona,
Catalonia, Spain 1900-1914
• Parque guell or Guell park is
surrounded by an undulating
mosaic wall.
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• Art Nouveau Architecture
• Philippine

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