Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau, or the French term for “New Art,” is a colorful movement in the arts that attracted Europe during the process of change from the 19th century to the 20th century. Art Nouveau had other names, “Stile Liberty” in Italy and “youth style” in German.
Right before art lovers would begin riding in motor cars, watching moving pictures, and refreshing for the First World War, they would flip through bright international philosophy and style of art magazines. This cultural movement included more attractive and applied arts, buildings and other physical structures, and painting during the years 1890 to 1905.
An early example of the paintings of Art Nouveau is Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” This painting was created in 1893 and later showcased during the artist’s first Paris show at La Maison de l’Art Nouveaux gallery. This setting was the interior design house for which Art Nouveau is named. Europe was given a share of magazines, including “Art Nouveau”, due to advances in printing.
The clear prints of Art nouveau are important for understanding the movement. The copy of the “Tropon” by Henry van de Velde (1898) shows the different color choices of an Art Nouveau Print with brilliant ochre, dull green, and orange, …show more content…
It quickly developed into an anarchistic type of highly avant-garde art whose aim was to subvert and undermine the value system of the ruling establishment which had allowed the war to occur, including the arts movements establishment which they displayed as inextricably linked to the discredited socio-political existing state of affairs. Break out at the same time in 1916, in Europe and America, its leaders were young, in their early twenties, and most had left, avoiding drafting in the shelter of neutral cities by likes of New York, Zurich and
Art Nouveau, or the French term for “New Art,” is a colorful movement in the arts that attracted Europe during the process of change from the 19th century to the 20th century. Art Nouveau had other names, “Stile Liberty” in Italy and “youth style” in German.
Right before art lovers would begin riding in motor cars, watching moving pictures, and refreshing for the First World War, they would flip through bright international philosophy and style of art magazines. This cultural movement included more attractive and applied arts, buildings and other physical structures, and painting during the years 1890 to 1905.
An early example of the paintings of Art Nouveau is Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” This painting was created in 1893 and later showcased during the artist’s first Paris show at La Maison de l’Art Nouveaux gallery. This setting was the interior design house for which Art Nouveau is named. Europe was given a share of magazines, including “Art Nouveau”, due to advances in printing.
The clear prints of Art nouveau are important for understanding the movement. The copy of the “Tropon” by Henry van de Velde (1898) shows the different color choices of an Art Nouveau Print with brilliant ochre, dull green, and orange, …show more content…
It quickly developed into an anarchistic type of highly avant-garde art whose aim was to subvert and undermine the value system of the ruling establishment which had allowed the war to occur, including the arts movements establishment which they displayed as inextricably linked to the discredited socio-political existing state of affairs. Break out at the same time in 1916, in Europe and America, its leaders were young, in their early twenties, and most had left, avoiding drafting in the shelter of neutral cities by likes of New York, Zurich and