Art Nouveau (eBook)

Jean Lahor (Autor)

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2012
200 Seiten
Parkstone International (Verlag)
978-1-78042-790-4 (ISBN)

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Art Nouveau gives a name to the decorative and architectural style developed in the 1880s and 1890s in the West. Born in reaction to the Industrial Revolution and to the creative vacuum it left behind, Art Nouveau was at the heart of a 'renaissance' in the decorative arts. The primary objective of the movement was the creation of a new aesthetic of nature through a return to the study of natural subjects. In order to achieve this, artists such as Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Antoni Gaudí, Jan Toorop, and William Morris favoured innovation in technique and novelty of forms. After its triumph at the Paris Universal Exposition in 1900, the trend continued and has inspired many artists ever since. Art Deco, the successor of Art Nouveau, appeared after World War II.

Inhalt

Contents 5
The Origins of Art Nouveau 7
England: Cradle of Art Nouveau 13
Belgium: The Flowering of Art Nouveau 20
France: A Passion for Art Nouveau 27
Art Nouveau at the 1900Universal Exposition in Paris 39
The French Pavilion 39
The English Pavilion 44
The American Pavilion 51
The Belgian Pavilion 52
The German Pavilion 52
The Austrian Pavilion 63
The Hungarian Pavilion 63
The Dutch Pavilion 66
The Danish Pavilion 69
The Swedish and Norwegian Pavilions 69
The Russian Pavilion 72
The Finnish Pavilion 75
The Romanian Pavilion 76
The Swiss Pavilion 76
Conclusion 79
Major Artists 89
Painting 91
Fernand Khnopff (Grembergen-lez-Termonde, 1858 - Brussels, 1921) 91
Jan Toorop (Purworedjo, 1858 - The Hague, 1928) 94
Aubrey Beardsley (Brighton, 1872 - Menton, 1898) 99
Eugène Grasset (Lausanne, 1845 - Sceaux, 1917) 104
Georges de Feure (Paris, 1868 - 1943) 109
Alphonse Mucha (Ivancice, 1860 - Prague, 1939) 111
Gustav Klimt (Vienna, 1862 - 1918) 119
Koloman Moser (Vienna, 1868 - 1918) 120
Architecture 127
Victor Horta (Gand, 1861 - Brussels, 1947) 127
Henry Van de Velde (Anvers, 1863 - Zurich, 1957) 132
Hector Guimard (Lyon, 1867 - New York, 1942) 139
Antoni Gaudí (Riudoms, 1852 - Barcelona, 1926) 142
Decorative Arts 149
Gustave Serrurier-Bovy (Liège, 1858 - Anvers, 1910) 149
Louis Majorelle (Toul, 1859 - Nancy, 1926) 155
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Glasgow, 1868 - London, 1928) 160
Louis Comfort Tiffany (New York, 1848 - 1933) 167
Emile Gallé (Nancy, 1846 - 1904) 172
The Daum brothers: Auguste (Bitche, 1853 - Nancy, 1909)and Antonin (Bitche, 1864 - Nancy, 1930) 179
René Jules Lalique (Ay, 1860 - Paris, 1945) 184
Notes 194
Bibliography 195
Index 196

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.1.2012
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: ART • Art decoratif • arte • Arte decorativo • Art Nouveau • Design • diseño • Gaudi • Jugendstil • Klimt • Kunst • moser • Ornamentale Kunst • Toorop • William Morris
• ISBN-10: 1-78042-790-5 / 1780427905
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78042-790-4 / 9781780427904