Art Nouveau Shape

Shape – An enclosed space defined by other elements of art. Curvilinear - shapes are created by combining geometric forms to make curves (like circles and ovals)..

Art Nouveau French for "The New Art." An international art movement and style of decoration and architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterized particularly by the curvilinear depiction of leaves and flowers, often in the form of vines. These might also be described as foliate forms, with sinuous lines, and non-geometric, "whiplash" curves.art movementstyledecoration architecturecurvilineardepictionformfoliatelinesgeometriccurves Gustav Klimt (Austrian, ), Alphonse Mucha (Czechoslovakian, ), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, ), Aubrey Beardsley (English, ), Antonio Gaudí (Spanish, ), and Hector Guimard (French, ) were among the most prominent artists associated with this style. The roots of Art Nouveau go back to Romanticism, Symbolism, the English Arts and Crafts Movement and William Morris (English, ). In America, it inspired, among others, Louis Comfort Tiffany ( ).artistsRomanticismSymbolism Arts and Crafts MovementWilliam Morrisinspired

Common Motifs curved undulating lines known as whiplash lines and plant like forms. Motifs and Patterns · Peacock feathers · Insect wings · Bird feathers · Shells · Vines · Flowers · S curves

illustrator - an art careers, a person who creates designs and pictures for books, magazines, or other print or electronic media. Specialties among illustrators include fashion illustrator and medical illustrator.designspicturesbooksprintmedia fashion Vintage Art Nouveau poster Macmillan's Illustrated Standard Novels, Peacock Edition, 1896 by Albert Angus Turbayne.

Alphonse Mucha (1860 –1939) Czech ‘Art Nouveau’ painter and decorative artist produced a flurry of paintings, posters, advertisements, and book illustrations, as well as designs for jewellery, carpets, wallpaper, and theatre sets in what was initially called the ‘Mucha Style’ but became known as ‘Art Nouveau’ Mucha's works frequently featured beautiful healthy young women in flowing vaguely Neoclassical looking robes, often surrounded by lush flowers, which sometimes formed haloes behind the women's heads

Alphonse Mucha

Stars: The Moon, The Evening Star, The Polestar, The Morning Star -1902

Influences Illustrators such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Influences Symbolist painters: Gustav Klimt

Influences Japanese Art

Influences Celtic Art

Influenced Psychedelic graphic designers of the 1960’s Bonnie Maclean

Influenced Psychedelic graphic designers of the 1960’s Wes Wilson

Plan Create at least 2 different sketch ideas for an Advertisement Product (apples, pens) or for a show (band, dance) Must include: a face (front, ¾, or profile) Curvilinear shapes, designs, and pattern elements of Art Nouveau Lettering Think about a color scheme that would go well with your advertisement (cool, warm, complementary, analogous, monochromatic)