Presented byLect.Jaikumar ranganathan Dept of Architecture,HCE,Chennai,India

ART NOUVEAU,1890-1914,

EXPLORES A NEW STYLE IN

THE VISUAL ARTS AND

ARCHITECTURE THAT DEVELOPED

IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

AT THE END OF 19TH CENTURY

Characterized by detailed patterns and curving lines and the use of leaves, flowers, and vines. The ornamental and asymmetrical style was best displayed in the decorative Arts such as furniture, jewelry, and book design and Illustration. Artists of the style emphasized symbolic and erotic themes.

Art Nouveau advocated the use of highly-stylized nature as the source of inspiration and expanded the "natural" repertoire to embrace seaweed, grasses, and insects. Correspondingly organic forms, curved lines, especially floral or vegetal, and the like, were used.

Because of typical flat, decorative patterns used in all art forms, art nouveau obtained a Nickname ‘ the noodle style ’ in french “ Le style nouilles”.

Art nouveau had its deepest influence on a variety of art and design movements That continued to explore integrated design, including De stijl, a Dutch design movement in 1920s and German Bauhaus school in the 1920s and 1930s

Art nouveau was a mainly a response to the industrial revolution. Some artists the use of New materials and mass production while other strived to elevate the status of the decorative Arts through high quality craftsmanship despite this difference, art nouveau artists believed that all that art should work in harmony.

Interior Design

Interior Design

Furniture design

Art nouveau architects

Charles rennie mackintoshAntoni gaudiJoseph hoffmannLouis sullivan

Antoni gaudi- casa mila, casa batllo

Charles rennie mackintosh- hill house at helenburgh, scotland

-glasgow school of art, at glasgow scotland

ARCHITECTURE

Glasgow School of Art

Architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Location Glasgow, Scotland

Date 1897 to 1909   timeline

Building Type college

 Construction System bearing masonry

Climate temperate

Context urban

Stylearts and Crafts, Art Nouveau

The main entry North façade overview Library interior

Glasgow School of Art