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Art Nouveau involves four themes:

EMBRACING THE NEW


—Design for the Middle Class
EMBRACING BEAUTY
—Art Nouveau Aesthetic
EMBRACING MODERN TECHNOLOGY
—Art & Industry
EMBRACING URBAN, MIDDLE CLASS LIFE
—Art in Public

What are four problems leading up to the Art Nouveau movement?

01: The Exhaustion of History
02: Inhabiting the Modern Metropolis
03: New Ways of understanding the World and our Place in it
04: The Middle Class as Audience and Market

ARTIST: A.H. MACKMURDO
TITLE: Title Page for Wren’s City Churches COUNTRY: England


YEAR: 1883

Name the two Art Nouveau shops:

01: L’Art Nouveau (1895)
02: La Maison Moderne (1899)

01: L’Art Nouveau (1895)


02: La Maison Moderne (1899)

ARTIST: HENRI VAN DE VELDE
TITLE: Tropon Poster
COUNTRY: France


YEAR: 1898

ARTIST: HENRI VAN DE VELDE
TITLE: Side Chair
COUNTRY: France


YEAR: 1895

ARTIST: HENRI VAN DE VELDE
TITLE: Candelabrum
COUNTRY: France


YEAR: 1902

How does Henri Van De Velde react to the industrial age and its relation to art?

“[Machines] produce beautiful things and ugly things indiscriminately. But the mighty power of their iron arms will produce beautiful things as soon as they are governed by beauty.” (1894)

Introspective self-examination is the surest path I know to reach the goal toward which my work is headed It is necessary for each of us to be clear in our own minds about our artistic intentions and to structure our activities and measure their consequences accordingly. I regard the yearning for a new kind of harmony and new aesthetic clarity...” (1901)
is a quote by?

Henri Van De Velde

ARTIST: JOSEPH SATTLER
TITLE: Cover for Pan
COUNTRY: Germany


YEAR: 1895

Name three issues with poster printing during the Art Nouveau movement:


Technology:


—Advances in printing and color promote increased production
Urban Life:
—Creates a market and provides subject-matter
Designers:
—Emergent profession promotes debate about status and hierarchy

ARTIST: JULES CHERÉT
TITLE: La Loie Fuller
COUNTRY: France


YEAR: 1893

ARTIST: JULES CHERÉT
TITLE: Saxoleine
COUNTRY: France


YEAR: 1896

ARTIST: ALPHONSE MUCHA
TITLE: Gismonda
COUNTRY: France


YEAR: 1895

ARTIST: HECTOR GUIMARD
TITLE: Metro Entries
COUNTRY: Paris


YEAR: 1900

ARTIST: HECTOR GUIMARD
TITLE: Metro Entries
COUNTRY: Paris


YEAR: 1900

ARTIST: HECTOR GUIMARD
TITLE: Metro Entries
COUNTRY: Paris


YEAR: 1900

ARTIST: HECTOR GUIMARD
TITLE: Metro Entries
COUNTRY: Paris


YEAR: 1900

ARTIST: HECTOR GUIMARD
TITLE: Metro Entries
COUNTRY: Paris


YEAR: 1900