ART NOUVEAU

( 1880 – 1915 )
AGE OF TRANSITION

NAME – SHIVANI KANAUJIYA

ENROLLMENT NO – 180492
SUBJECT – EVOLUTION OF SPACE
BATCH – 2018 – 2022
YEAR – IST

INTRODUCTION
• A style of Art that swept across Europe , it’s
natural motifs & sinuous curves
transformed Architecture in cities from
prague to Paris.
• A truly European style there is no single
artists or designers whose work embodies
Art Nouveau. The style itself was known
by a variety of names across Europe.
• “ le style Moderne “in France.
• “ Jugendstil “ in Germany.
• Secession in Austria.
• La stile liberty in Italy.
• Modernista in Spain - all style embraced all
of the decorative arts in equal measure.
• Art Nouveau was a movement born of the
desire of a number of brilliant artists &
designers to make something beautiful,
functional & above all new.
• Horta & van de velde in Belgium, Guimard
in France, Mackintosh in scotland , Gaudi in
Spain, Wagvier, Olbrich , & Hoffmann in
Austria, & Basile in Italy used the new
industrial technologies & materials to serve
the expressive needs of a modern language
- largely international & recognisable
everywhere & they did so without doing
away with references to local traditions.
HORTA AT A GLANCE
• His organic staircase with their Wrought iron
railings, often under decorated glass atriums,
are specially admired for their grace &
beauty.
• The octagonal centre of the Baron Von
Eetvelde house is composed of thin cast iron
columns that supports the glass covering
from which abundant light pours down,
which changes according to the time of day,
giving a fluttering appearance to the over
flowing decoration.
• The Harmonious uses of glass & iron marks a
then in Horta’s Art towards a greater
transpereancy.
ART NOUVEAU
( 1880 – 1915 )
AGE OF TRANSITION
•Between 1892 and 1894, a European FRENCH ART NOUVEAU
movement was born in Brussels which would
“ Nature was the greatest architect that
rejuvenate the applied arts, and later be called
has ever existed”.
Art Nouveau. Tassel House is considered the
first architectural work of this movement. It Hector Guimard
was built by architect, Victor Horta, at the age
of 31, and was one of his first works. The • In the 1890’s public & private
house is also known as Maison or Hotel interior in France under went a
Tabelgssel.
period of radical change, reflecting a
•The work proposes a total revision of the
burgeoning interest in modern
spatial organisation and a continual dialogue
between the flexibility of iron and the material.
durability of stone. For the first time in a • Le castel Beranger flat in Paris 1894
house, the potential of iron as a constructive – 98.
and decorative material are explored. The • Guimard made his mark as an
style and the ornamental elements are not
architect with a block of flat he built
added to the new cast iron construction, but
in Paris from 1894 – 98.
are part of it, and are seen throughout the
space. The use of iron as the structural and • Both the interior & exterior of the
expressive medium was inspired by the flat.
works of engineer, Gustave Eiffel, which
culminated with the Eiffel Tower in 1889. EMILE GALLE
•Hôtel Van Eetvelde, Brussels (1895- • Born in Nancy, the French designer &
glass maker Emile Garre was a leading
98)
•Similar to the Tassel House, the significance initiator of the Art Nouveau style.
of the building lies in its octagonal stair-hall at
the center of the initial structure, whose
metallic columns frankly reveal the unusual THE VIENNESE SECESSION
industrial frame of the residence. They branch ( 1897 – 1914 )
out into flattened arches that support a large To every Ages its own art , to every Art its
blue-green stained-glass ceiling, whose lower freedom.
portions over the staircase employ Horta's
exuberant, twisted curves that continue down
into the balustrades and the rugs below, the
furniture, and the grain of the marble around
the inner walls under the stairs). Whether
intentional or not, the effect suggests the
modulation of light and shade and the tangles
of vines and leafy foliage in the jungles of the
Congo, the colonial territory that van Eetvelde
administered.