Transcript Shape - Somerset Academy

Shape
Art Nouveau
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 Nouveau
 French 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 (18481933).
Common Motifs
 curved undulating lines
known as whiplash lines
and plant like forms.
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 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.
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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
Influences
Illustrators such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Influences
Symbolist painters: Gustav Klimt
Influences
Japanese Art
Influences
Celtic Art
Influenced
Psychedelic graphic designers of the 1960’s
Bonnie Maclean
Influenced
Psychedelic graphic designers of the 1960’s
Wes Wilson
Plan
 Create 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 Nouveau
 Lettering
Think about a color scheme that would go well
with your advertisement (cool, warm,
complementary, analogous, monochromatic)