Art Nouveau

Shape

Shape – An enclosed space defined by other elements of art.

Curvilinear - shapes are created by combining geometric forms to make curves (like circles and ovals)..

Art NouveauFrench for "The New Art." An international art movement and style of decoration

and architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterized particularly by the curvilinear depiction of leaves and flowers, often in the form of vines. These might also be described as foliate forms, with sinuous lines, and non-geometric, "whiplash" curves.

Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918), Alphonse Mucha (Czechoslovakian, 1860-1939), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1861-1901), Aubrey Beardsley (English, 1872-1898), Antonio Gaudí (Spanish, 1852-1926), and Hector Guimard (French, 1867-1942) were among the most prominent artists associated with this style. The roots of Art Nouveau go back to Romanticism, Symbolism, the English Arts and Crafts Movement and William Morris (English, 1834-1896). In America, it inspired, among others, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933).

Common Motifscurved undulating lines known as whiplash lines and plant like forms.

 Motifs and Patterns· Peacock feathers· Insect wings· Bird feathers· Shells· Vines· Flowers· S curves

illustrator - an art careers, a person who creates designs and pictures for books, magazines, or other print or electronic media. Specialties among illustrators include fashion illustrator and medical illustrator.

Vintage Art Nouveau poster Macmillan's Illustrated Standard Novels, Peacock Edition, 1896 by Albert Angus Turbayne.

Alphonse Mucha (1860 –1939) Czech ‘Art Nouveau’ painter and

decorative artist produced a flurry of paintings,

posters, advertisements, and book illustrations, as well as designs for jewellery, carpets, wallpaper, and theatre sets in what was initially called the ‘Mucha Style’ but became known as ‘Art Nouveau’

Mucha's works frequently featured beautiful healthy young women in flowing vaguely Neoclassical looking robes, often surrounded by lush flowers, which sometimes formed haloes behind the women's heads

Alphonse Mucha

Stars: The Moon, The Evening Star, The Polestar, The Morning Star -1902

InfluencesIllustrators such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

InfluencesSymbolist painters: Gustav Klimt

InfluencesJapanese Art

InfluencesCeltic Art

InfluencedPsychedelic graphic designers of the 1960’s

Bonnie Maclean

InfluencedPsychedelic graphic designers of the 1960’s

Wes Wilson

PlanCreate at least 2 different sketch ideas for an Advertisement

Product (apples, pens) or for a show (band, dance)Must include:

a face (front, ¾, or profile)Curvilinear shapes, designs, and pattern elements of Art NouveauLettering

Think about a color scheme that would go well with your advertisement (cool, warm, complementary, analogous, monochromatic)