Examples
of Art Nouveau in Illustration and Graphics.
Art Nouveau translated to "New Art" is a style that became most popular between 1890-1910, it encompasses such a wide array of mediums, such as painting, sculpture, jewellery, metalwork, glass ceramics and so on. The style incorporates natural forms in a major way as most artists greatest influence was nature, not in the beauty of nature like most other art forms, but instead that actual forces of nature, birth, life, and death.
Alfons Maria Mucha, often in English and French as "Alphonse Mucha" was a Czech artist born 1860, he is knows for his beautiful paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs, all done in "The Mucha style", which later became known as art nouveau, this is why Mucha is often considered the inventor of Art Nouveau. Mucha's work commonly features beautiful young women in neoclassical robes, surrounded by vines or flowers, women often have huge circular frames behind them in a similar way that the Mother Mary usually is depicted with a halo. I believe that these shapes represents a rosary, which is said to represent the life force inherent in the womb.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, born in Glasgow 1868, was an architect, designer, and artist. He was quite large in Art Nouveau, and he had a big influence on European designers. Mackintosh's work differs greatly from Mucha's in many ways, but it is similar in the way that his work still features subtle colours, and vivid shapes and forms,
References
http://www.alfonsmucha.org/biography.html
http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/a/art-nouveau/
http://www.mucha.cz/index.phtml?S=biog&Lang=EN
http://www.charlesrenniemac.co.uk/how-it-began
http://www.crmsociety.com/crmackintosh.aspx
Art Nouveau translated to "New Art" is a style that became most popular between 1890-1910, it encompasses such a wide array of mediums, such as painting, sculpture, jewellery, metalwork, glass ceramics and so on. The style incorporates natural forms in a major way as most artists greatest influence was nature, not in the beauty of nature like most other art forms, but instead that actual forces of nature, birth, life, and death.
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| Art Nouveau by Alfons Mucha |
Alfons Maria Mucha, often in English and French as "Alphonse Mucha" was a Czech artist born 1860, he is knows for his beautiful paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs, all done in "The Mucha style", which later became known as art nouveau, this is why Mucha is often considered the inventor of Art Nouveau. Mucha's work commonly features beautiful young women in neoclassical robes, surrounded by vines or flowers, women often have huge circular frames behind them in a similar way that the Mother Mary usually is depicted with a halo. I believe that these shapes represents a rosary, which is said to represent the life force inherent in the womb.
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| Rose by Charles Rennie Mackintosh |
References
http://www.alfonsmucha.org/biography.html
http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/a/art-nouveau/
http://www.mucha.cz/index.phtml?S=biog&Lang=EN
http://www.charlesrenniemac.co.uk/how-it-began
http://www.crmsociety.com/crmackintosh.aspx
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