Art Nouveau

Alphonse Mucha was an incredible painter and illustrator who lived from 1860-1939 and was a major figure within the Art Nouveau period. His work ranges from fine art, posters, advertisements, jewelry furniture design and some sculpture, Mucha’s vast work is bound together by his love of nature, curves, and the female figure. Alphonse Mucha was born on July 24, 1860, in Ivančice, Moravia, which at the time was a part of the Austrian Empire and is now a part of the Czech Republic. Mucha’s…

WOMEN IN ADVERTISING SINCE VICTORIAN AGES It is well known that advertising is a reflex of the culture since it has been recording all of those elements of our daily life for many years. In addition, advertising goes hand in hand with history and art as we can see in the Museum of Brands Culture and Advertising (London). All of this started in The Victorian ages. It was a new era, the 1830s, a new beginning of the industrial revolution with numbers of different innovations through the next…

During the two world wars, there was a popular art design movement between the 1920’s to 1930’s. It was a combination of different artist styles; neoclassical, constructivism, cubism, modernism, art nouveau, and futurism. These styles affected all types of art such as architecture, interior, design, sculpture, furniture, industrial design and other mediums like clothing, jewelry, graphic arts, paintings, and films. This movement was one of the reason why the twenties were known for “a world…

The Subjective Side of the Art The art is various in its manifestations. The style and topics of human paintings differ trough ages. The social taste and the need to sell the pictures influence the style of artists and thus the certain styles are being created and followed. The style inherent to the epoch can be seen through a comparison of pictures made in the certain time, by the different artists. The personal style of an artist also plays a significant role in the creation of the masterpiece…

Inspiration for the Thesis Topic At the middle of this semester, I decided to go back to the point, the Post-Impressionist period, where I started to be interested in Art history in the very beginning. Therefore, I would love to start again with Gustav Klimt, who lived around the same period, but had a distinctively different style in Austria. After talking to Professor Houghteling, I was inspired by the perspective offered by her. Since several well-known works of Gustav Klimt have been…

Chapter 2 – The Arts and Crafts Movement The Arts and Crafts Movement of the second half of the 19th century was an English aesthetic movement that started an appreciation of decorative arts throughout Europe. It is difficult to say what exactly can be described as ‘Arts and Crafts’ as the craftsmen and women associated with the movement were working within a spectrum of crafts; as architects, printers, painters, sculptors and jewellers. The revival of Arts and Crafts in the second half of the…

Ed Kennedy is an ordinary 19 year old boy. One day, he and his friends are at the bank during a robbery. During the robbery, the robber dropped his gun and rushed out of the bank because his ride left, so Ed decided to pick up the gun and go after the guy. Ed saves the bank, and is known as a hero. Ed continues on with his daily life playing card games with his friends when one day, Ed gets a card of ace in the mail with three address. Ed is very confused; who would send him this in the mail?…

Myrtle and Gatsby have dramatically different personalities--Myrtle is vulgar and garish, while Gatsby is more classy and refined--but as part of the “no money” working-class, Myrtle represents a past that Gatsby, now a member of the nouveau riche, has monetarily transcended. However, as Fitzgerald illustrates, social standing does not necessarily follow wealth. Gatsby grew up poor with nothing but his love for Daisy, who, as a member of the “old money” class, embodies Gatsby’s lust for both…

Buckinghamshire. He was the son of two well-known British artists, William Nicholson and Mabel Pryde (Chilvers, Ian and Glaves-Smith). He was destined for a life involving art due to the fact that he had many influential artists in his life, such as his mom, dad, and uncle (Fallon). Many notable abstract paintings in the 20th century British art were painted by Nicholson. One of his best known works is “White Relief”, which contains only right angles and circles (bbc.co.uk). Not only is…

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