a r t nouveau i n t e r i o r

design
PRESENTED BY-
RACHIT AGARWAL
1900510810058
STUDIO B
3rd YEAR
 WHAT DOES ART NOUVEAU
MEAN?

Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art,

architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—
that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art
Nouveau" is French for "new art".
 MAIN IDEA OF ART
NOUVEAU

Art Nouveau was aimed at modernizing design, seeking to

escape the eclectic historical styles that had previously been
popular. Artists drew inspiration from both organic and
geometric forms, evolving elegant designs that united
flowing, natural forms resembling the stems and blossoms of
plants.
 ART NOUVEAU
ARTWORK

The Budapest Museum of Applied Arts

Artist: Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos
1893-96
Budapest, Hungary
Hope II
Artist: Gustav Klimt
1907-08
Oil and gold leaf on canvas - The Museum of Model #342, “Wisteria” Lamp
Modern Art, New York Artist: Clara Driscoll for Tiffany Studios,
Cover design for Wren's City Churches
New York
Artist: Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
c. 1901-05
1883
Leaded
Woodcut on handmade paper
glass and
patinated
bronze
Entrances to Paris Subway Stations
Artist: Hector Guimard
1900
Paris, France

La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge Ernst-Ludwig-Haus, Darmstadt The Peacock Skirt Park Guell
Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Artist: Joseph Maria Olbrich Artist: Aubrey Beardsley Artist: Antoni Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol
1891 1900-01 1894 1900-14
Lithograph - The Philadelphia Darmstadt, Germany Ink illustration
Museum of Art
 ART NOUVEAU INTERIOR
DESIGN
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS-
1) Flowing lines. This is the hallmark of Art Nouveau.
Designers stepped away from strict and boring geometry and
got inspired by natural organic forms. Practically every detail of
Art Nouveau interior had curved lines: door openings, windows,
furniture:
 2) Inspiration from nature. Nature has become the main
muse for all artists. Not only they used flora and fauna
creations
as decorative ornaments but also learned how to extract
natural shapes and forms and use them in decorative arts.
 3) Wrought iron. This material was very popular even before,
but in Art Nouveau metal acquired airiness and lightness. The
first architect and designer who started to apply it widely was
Gaudi – many other artists took inspiration from his works.
Wrought iron was a wonderful decoration and designers
started to use it in interiors very often: as staircase railings, bars
on windows, furniture and decorative objects.
4) Stained glass. This is perhaps one of the most recognizable
element of Art Nouveau. It became extremely popular and was
used for window decorations, wall decor, furniture. Ornaments
have curved lines and fluid forms:
POPULAR PATTERNS AND ORNAMENTS-
1) Flowers – were used practically everywhere. The most
popular were lily, irises, orchids (it is explained by growing
interest in everything exotic in the beginning of XX century) and
some local flowers as well (this was connected to the desire of
artists to sing the beauty of their homelands).
2) Beautiful women with long curly hair. I was already talking
about growing impact of feminism movement during Art
Nouveau period. Women were fighting for their rights, cut their
hair, smoked cigarettes, wore trendy hats. This was the time
when the world just got over the World War I and many
traditional things lost their values. Artists and designers wanted
to run from reality into imaginary world with beautiful women
with long curly hair, elegant and luxury things, bright, vivid
colors. On the other hand, image of “femme fatale” was also
very popular and often used.
3) Insects. Artists were inspired by beauty of nature and used
most of its creations as inspiration for their work. I must say
that never before insects were so often utilized as decorative
motif: you can see grasshoppers, dragonflies, colourful bugs,
etc. Look at this bra in the House of Shehtel in Moscow, the
artist made it in the shape of glowworm:
4) Birds. Paradise birds, peacocks, parrots – artists were always
looking for exotic and colourful creatures.

5) Whiplash curve – a hallmark of Art Nouveau movement,

created by German sculptor Hermann Obrist. It was a part of
the artist’s most famous work: wall hanging called “Cyclamen”.
Later on it became one of the most popular decorative motifs
of Art Nouveau.
RECREATE THE LOOK-
1) Walls. Paint them in pastel colours or apply wallpaper. You
can add some decorative ornaments, for example a strip with
flowers close to the ceiling.

2) Floor. Use parquet and oriental rugs:

3) Ceiling. Usually ceiling is painted in white and decorated with
stucco and paintings. Decorative ornaments can be very
different: thus in Latvia were mainly flowers and plants, Shehtel
took inspiration from underwater world, while Gaudi used
abstract convex shapes.
 4) Stairs. During Art Nouveau period common staircase in
dwellings has transformed from dark and dull place to the
beautiful and brightly decorated piece of interior decor.
Innovation of that period that architects started to put windows
on every floor which provided a lot of natural light (before that
staircase was in the closed area with no windows). The walls
were decorated with bright ornaments and stairs had wrought
iron railings:
5) Furniture. Furniture was mainly wooden. The surface was
decorated with floral ornaments and stained glass.
Headboards, wardrobes, chair backs very often had curved
forms. The shape of the head board here, for example,
resembles butterfly wings:
6) Accessories. The most popular accessories of Art Nouveau
were decorative objects made from stained glass. Among them
Tiffany lamps became especially famous. If you want to add
some vintage flavor to the room, you can place a gramophone –
it was very fashionable in the beginning of XX century and was
considered as a sign of prosperity.
CASA
BATLLO
CASA
MILA
HORTA
MUSEUM
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YOU