I loved Art Nouveau all my life, especially as a teenager during the 60's, when it was stripmined for band poster imagery and album art. I see in this excellent documentary that the influence of Art Nouveau fell off at a period just as the automobile was taking over the world. I would have wished, I guess, that a few of the artists could have taken a whack at early automobile design. Who knows what they might have produced? Cars that looked like dragonflies or geishas?
I guess the confusion also comes from the Noveaus' exploration of decorative arts, which might lead people to believe that it's art deco. But since you mentioned Geishas, it was great to see the sort of mirror image in Japanese art, where art was used more for decorative or other pragmatic purposes and only later allowed to be for its own sake. While in the (broadly speaking) West, the Japanese and other culture's arts served as inspiration for the decorative movement that tore art away from a purely high brow concept. The more you get to know, the more such interesting crossings become apparent and it's extremely fascinating.
I got to see one of Mucha's actual posters on display in a museum, and NOTHING prepared me for the staggering SCALE of the thing. We're so used to seeing them on monitors and our phone screens, but these things are TALL. The women are basically life-sized. It was overwhelming in its splendor, and the feeling I got looking up into her serene face has stuck with me to this day.
While I was in art school, I had the pleasure of visiting a large exhibition of Mucha originals, sketches, and preliminary designs at the Frye Museum in Seattle. As a lifelong Mucha devotee, it was a monumentally moving experience- really life-changing. But I suspect that even were I completely new to his works, it would have touched me deeply.
To me for some reason, not only the beauty of organic shapes and floral themes and beautiful women, but the sharp contouring... I just love how strong the contours are, usually we are advised to not employ strong contours in fine art and idk. I love art nouveau for it
Right? There’s this subtle shading in tones and gentle transitions in color, especially in the face. Then you see the bold outlines. Truly it’s an interesting juxtaposition.
I always thought it resembled Celtic Insular art, from the 800's or so, with more realistic depictions of humans. It's gorgeous! P.S.-- They derisively called Alphonse Mucha's work "The Belgian Tape-Worm Style," when it came out, which is cruel.
Honestly, Art Nouveau does not really feel 'old' at all. Many of the most famous pieces have a very modern feel about them, despite being a century old. It's rather like a blending of the classic and modern. I have a tarot card deck that is done in this style, and there are times where I just marvel at some of the pieces. I really would love to get some wall prints.
Art Nouveau is timeless which is why it feels so modern even now. The premise of Art Nouveau is that it imitates the natural form whether it's humans, flowers, leaves etc. Nature never goes out of fashion and anything that imitates her is also timeless
I love that art nouveau is inarguably celebrating the feminine. And that the female forms it celebrates are not unrealistic or unhealthy - but natural and elegant.
Art Nouveau is immortal because it represents the perfect marriage of realism and aesthetic, exemplified in my opinion by the work of Mucha, and later J.C. Leyendecker. In my view this blending of realism and appeal make it the highest form of modern art, but I'm probably just saying that because Mucha is my favorite artist.
Worth mentioning that there were several distinctive branches of it, which looked very different to each other. Even within every branch there is such variety that could be almost unrecognizable the fact that they belong to the same style. We can think of Modernismo Catalán, or even Gaudi itself has a huge diversity. Then we can think of German Jugendstil, Austrian Viennese Secession (so geometrical and goldish), Bavarian Munich Secession (greco-romanian and goldish), Hungarian Secession (lots of flowery and colourful forms), Italian Liberty (classic, heavy and sculptoric), etc.
....and don't forget the Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his brilliant artist wife Margaret Macdonald. Mackintosh's Japanese-inspired geometric designs were a major influence on the early designs of Josef Hoffmann at the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Secession).
I am a fan of Art Nouveau, and have been forever (teenager in the 60's - go figure) but when looking for images on line it isn't unusual for Nouveau to be merged with Deco. I know there are similarities, but the Soul of Nouveau is completely different from Deco. I'm glad you made the distinction in this video. Very interesting, Thank you.
This. It is so difficult to take these channels seriously when they have no respect for the artists and can't put a minute of work into finding the correct pronunciation of their names.
I love Art Nouveau stylings. I'm definitely a sucker for the idealized feminine form and setting it in nature has, I think, kind of a universal appeal. Maybe that's from strong influences of the 1960's-70's in my impressionable youth.
I don't find myself engaged into viewing and studying Art Nouveau, but what I am impressed by is Klimt, the son of a jeweller, masterfully combining his delicate and elegant portraits of women with decorative patterns and gold, making the whole piece less of just a painting and more of an adornment of sorts, like a piece of jewelry.
I LOVE art nouveau. Not just the 60s, but the originals. I'd do every room in my house with the wallpaper and tiles if I could. Deco leaves me flat. Pre Raphaelite is very nice. But Nouveau has my heart.
I found a Liberty silk scarf in a charity shop, and the design just shone through the grime in the fabric....washed it when I got it home and it is just stunning! Nothing touches Art Nouveau for me.
I can’t help but think that its core attraction is that same thing that draws many to boho styles. The movement, colors, and busy patterns will always be welcome to a certain large percentage of people, whether it is popular or not.
I've just discovered about this Art Nouveau (literally 20 min ago) and I am absolutely in love with it! I've been asking myself why I did so long to discover this art style, It's majestic!
When you look at architecture whether it be from the Middle Ages , Art Deco or Art Nouveau, it most certainly is unmatched by the ubiquitous glass and steel of today.
Art Nouveau somehow seems to be the last style in both art and architecture that is effortlessly appealing to a broad audience. Where functionalism, international style, brutalism and postmodernism remain divisive and classicism being the object of rebellion, nouveau seems to be at least accepted by just about everyone. Maybe it is precisely because it only lasted for so long and never had time to become dominant and stale?
“Mid century modern” would beg to differ 🤣 and I think the 1940s to 1970s film art is widely influential. Interestingly in design I see more of the Art Deco I’m everything from book covers today to data visualisations
@@StaringCompetition Deco is just incredibly satisfactory to our pattern-seeking brains. It's one common source of antagonism is not aesthetic but ideological. As it was a celebration of industrial prosperity happening at the same time as the deadliest modern pandemic, the great depression and the first world war. If we're ever at a time wherein optimism beats cynicism and frugality, we might be allowed it's elegant delights again.
Love Art Nouveau in Architechture, particularly in Building arounds European Cities like Paris, Budapest, Vienna & most important one in Riga Latvia in Baltic. Although created mainly in France, Belgium, Vienna it's spread in many cities throughout Europe, today Riga is considered as one of the city with most concentrated Art Nouveau styled buildings, around 800. Was amazed to see the resurrgence of this style after Fall of communism in Baltics. Special use of Mythical Creatures in the ornament decorations, use of Leaves, Insects & Nature is breathtaking. Berlin has also quite few buildings with this style, always dream of living in one of those !
Art Nouveau at times feels like bringing surreal elements into our world. But being from the period it's from, I can see why it tries to represent this utopic, idealistic and modern society that revolves around blending art and function.
@@CuriousMuse imagine being part of the first generations that truly embraced living in a big city. That "metropolitan feel" would express itself in a way that reflected how people saw their environment
I get emotional and even tear up when I see art nouveau architecture and paintings. It truly was a revolution and rebirth for the world of art in my opinion. It so strongly contrasted the industrial revolution that was happening when the movement started. Artists drive culture, and this movement to me reflects the hearts of a culture that was yearning for the more organic and free essence of the feminine as the rough and gruff factory technology was on the rise. They broke out of traditional historical values of art and made it more accessible to the masses, too. As an artist today, we have so much freedom, and people in movements like this paved the way for us.
Art Nouveau is one of my favorite art styles, & I'm currently trying my best to imitate it digitally for a set of character portraits for a fantasy series that I love. I think in analyzing it & trying to crack the code on "what makes Art Nouveau look right" I've come up with some observations, many of which you covered in your video: 1. Sinuous, flowing lines evoking movement, with thicker, graphic outlines drawing attention to the central figure 2. Natural motifs, especially uncommon, unusual, or unpopular "lowly" creatures (flies, grasshoppers, bats, sparrows, cicadas, & mice proudly alongside the peacocks, eagles, swans, etc.) 3. Use of sacred geometry, rule of thirds, Fibonacci spirals, & other biologically aesthetic guides in the composition, which is often taller than it is wide 4. Subtle, natural, soft colors, nothing neon or eye-burning, but not always restricted to pastels or light colors either (this is the part where I struggle most - depicting a black robed costume in Art Nouveau is uniquely frustrating for some reason for me!) What do you think? Are there other key aspects of Art Nouveau that truly define the style?
The recent science-fiction subgenre of Solarpunk also takes some aesthetic inspiration from the style, because of its natural forms, appeal to craftsmanship, and utopianism. (It also takes aesthetic elements from arts & crafts and non-Western cultures.)
I worked as a fabric painter for a designer and I appreciate the simplicity of the art, yet rich and intricate with it's flowing movement and beauty...pure elegance! I am an Art Nouveau lover forever!
I absolutely love it! It's gaining back popularity and inspires new artists to this day. The intricate and wild decorations are absolutely gorgeous and holds space for some subtle story telling.
Put simply: Art Nouveau is the fusion of a resurrected Romanticism, Symbolism, and Expressionism. Fabulously beautiful and sensual. There has never been anything like it.
I have always loved AN, but I could never quite put my finger on why. This vid made me aware of the connection with psychedelic art which I also love. I feel like I'm getting a little closer to grasping what it is I find so fascinating and moving about it all.
I absolutely love it 😻 As an old artist it has always been my Muse. I'm happy you took your subject and brought it forward for current audience to have a 360 view 🎉
art nouveau and art deco are like the feminime and masculine versions of the gilded age. the former is flowy and delicate, the latter is geometric and rigid. both express opulence and prosperity.
I've been a fan of Art Nouveau for as long as I can remember. I especially enjoy the stained glass work of Louis Comfort Tiffany and the architecture of Antoni Gaudi. 💜💜💜
I really like this style. I was in Paris a few years ago and noticed the architecture and the subway fonts. However I never knew in what style it was made. I'm really enjoying this channel and these videos. Thank you. I have learned a lot from them.
I'm glad this video was suggested to me. Really fun for eyes and ears with beautiful examples and of course informative. Ever since my art history classes in university I was naturally obsessed with Art Nouveau and I still am. The organic celebration of nature and feminity inspires me every day! 💖
@ 0:14 The Czech artist referenced here is Alphonse Mucha, pronounced MOO-kah, with a hard K sound. This is according to my friends from the Czech Republic (Czechia). This is also the way we pronounced it in Art School.
Im definitely aiming to make my adverts so beautiful that people would like to take them home and hang them up! This is my new motto. Imagine how much sles you could get for sparking such needs in people. Taking a poster home with you… thats really a great goal.
I adore art nouveau! I'm quite fond of art deco as well, but nouveau edges it out in my top favorites list. I had a history of graphic design class and this was my favorite section, closely followed by the broader medieval era. Art nouveau should have another popular resurgence, I'm getting tired of all the harsh contemporary modern looks.
This is a good short survey. You didn't mention my favorite aspect of the movement however. I love the Babylonian Revival that took place within Art Nouveau. The Egyptian Revival within the Art Deco movement is more well known, but both had their origins in contemporary archeological discoveries, and opened beautiful imaginative vistas.
Art Nouveau, to me, is the most beautiful art form. My favorite artists are Maxfield Parrish and Louis Comfort Tiffany. I also love art deco which is so different from art nouveau. Hard lines versus soft curves.
@@CuriousMuse I have a few Maxfield Parrish original prints from the 1920s. There is actually a color blue named "Maxfield Parrish blue". The artist Thomas Kinkade admitted he "stole" Maxfield Parrish painting technique. If you look at landscapes by both artists, you can see why.
I checked more vids about Mucha just to hear how people pronounce his name. I was surprised by the muchas gracias option used here. He was Czech/ Austro-Hungarian empire. Even Americans and French on different channels managed to pronounce the Czech sounding Mucha, as Greeks pronounce Christos or if you tried to pronounce Johann Sebastian Bach as Germans do.
Thanks for your feedback. Overall ours is a more common British pronunciation which is different from the 'original' one (Czech). We've noted it though, in our next videos we will be sticking to the CZ version.
I have adored art nouveau since my teenage years when I had first laid eyes on Mucha posters and the elegant curves, leaves and organic shapes in decoration. I’m an absolute fan of it, and not only in fine arts but especially in furniture and architecture. I believe it has an immense sense of aesthetic and that the ‘belle epoch’ lives on in modern art and architecture today
I had learned about art Nouveau as it relates to psychedelic rock posters but never knew this much about its history and tradition. Thank you for such an insightful video!
Very nice intro to the movement. There's a film I really like that blends psychedelic style in an Art Nouveau period setting: Morgiana, directed by Juraj Herz. It's hard to find but definitely a very unique trip, and your video helped me realize why the two styles blended so well
I love the style so much that my only 2 tattoos are done in it, and I took a trip to Glasgow just to see all of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh exhibits. There are definitely different branches that make up what we call Art Nouveau, and they tend to border on the Arts & Crafts and Deco movements, but the divine feminine and focus on nature are what make the pieces truly stunning. Besides Mucha and mackintosh I would also recommend Aubrey Beardsley, LC Tiffany, and Guimard. Klimt’s work never really had the same effect on me, but he is generally included in the movement as well. It’s the first real print advertising style, so the industrial revolution had a lot to do with its popularity and reach.
Great short video on the subject. I am all in when it comes to Art Nouveau. My art style is highly influenced by Art Nouveau because I was influenced by the late 1960s art Nouveau revival that occurred in the late 1960s. When I was younger, I was unaware of the relationship of 60s Art to Art Nouveau.
Talking of the contemporary presence of the style, the aesthetics of fantasy films/ video games/ book illustrations are almost invariably art nouveau inspired when it comes to fairies and elves' realms! Thank you for this informative overview of the movement's impact
I'd suggest that the influence is reversed. Art Nouveau was influenced by celtic and greco-roman art and folklore which then went on to influence the fantasy genre. When publishers went looking for inspiration in visual media, Art Nouveau was an obvious and accessible source, more so than the pre-industrial artisanship that preceded it.
The curves of Art Nouveau is a natural feminine expression of art and seems to come back into favor when women are becoming empowered. The first wave was about the time of the suffragette movement, the second with the advancement of feminism in the 60's. I always thought it was interesting that art deco, a more masculine art form with its straight lines and industrial subject matter, followed the art nouveau movement and seemed to be a harbinger of the great wars that the men of that era fought.
Lisbon, Portugal has many stunning Art Nouveau and Art Deco buildings. That city doesn't get enough credit for it's beautifully preserved and eclectic architecture.
I have always been drawn to this style and knew the name but none of the history. After watching this video I can more confidentantly say it's my favorite! ✨
Thank you for this little explainer of Art Nouveau. I appreciate it so I subscribed and went searching for your explainer video for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their philosophy of creating Art...only to discover you haven't made one yet. I hope you do get around to it. All the best.
Thank you! We dont have a video about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood just yet but we have a video about Symbolism where we (very) slightly cover Pre-Raphaelites so hope you'll enjoy it!
I loved Art Nouveau all my life, especially as a teenager during the 60's, when it was stripmined for band poster imagery and album art. I see in this excellent documentary that the influence of Art Nouveau fell off at a period just as the automobile was taking over the world. I would have wished, I guess, that a few of the artists could have taken a whack at early automobile design. Who knows what they might have produced? Cars that looked like dragonflies or geishas?
Who knows indeed but they would have looked absolutely different than the cars now :)
@@CuriousMuse A lot of locomotives were "streamlined" by Art Deco, so we might have had more tail fins and chromed exhaust ports.
I guess the confusion also comes from the Noveaus' exploration of decorative arts, which might lead people to believe that it's art deco.
But since you mentioned Geishas, it was great to see the sort of mirror image in Japanese art, where art was used more for decorative or other pragmatic purposes and only later allowed to be for its own sake. While in the (broadly speaking) West, the Japanese and other culture's arts served as inspiration for the decorative movement that tore art away from a purely high brow concept.
The more you get to know, the more such interesting crossings become apparent and it's extremely fascinating.
"stripmined" is an interesting choice of words.
They did it’s a called a Tesla ❤️👍😬
I got to see one of Mucha's actual posters on display in a museum, and NOTHING prepared me for the staggering SCALE of the thing. We're so used to seeing them on monitors and our phone screens, but these things are TALL. The women are basically life-sized. It was overwhelming in its splendor, and the feeling I got looking up into her serene face has stuck with me to this day.
Wow, also didn’t know they are in real life size!
Mucha's famous Slav Epic series of paintings are even larger than that, really hope to see them one day irl as well.
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While I was in art school, I had the pleasure of visiting a large exhibition of Mucha originals, sketches, and preliminary designs at the Frye Museum in Seattle. As a lifelong Mucha devotee, it was a monumentally moving experience- really life-changing. But I suspect that even were I completely new to his works, it would have touched me deeply.
:O! NIce. I had no idea, thanks for the mental image. owo!
To me for some reason, not only the beauty of organic shapes and floral themes and beautiful women, but the sharp contouring... I just love how strong the contours are, usually we are advised to not employ strong contours in fine art and idk. I love art nouveau for it
Those lines are mesmerising! 🤩
Right? There’s this subtle shading in tones and gentle transitions in color, especially in the face. Then you see the bold outlines. Truly it’s an interesting juxtaposition.
I always thought it resembled Celtic Insular art, from the 800's or so, with more realistic depictions of humans.
It's gorgeous!
P.S.-- They derisively called Alphonse Mucha's work "The Belgian Tape-Worm Style," when it came out, which is cruel.
Honestly, Art Nouveau does not really feel 'old' at all. Many of the most famous pieces have a very modern feel about them, despite being a century old. It's rather like a blending of the classic and modern. I have a tarot card deck that is done in this style, and there are times where I just marvel at some of the pieces. I really would love to get some wall prints.
Good luck to get some wall prints! They'll look stunning.
What deck?
ah tarot art nouveau took my breath away, that's my next purchase. absolutely adore the art style
Because styles inspired by nature never gets old
Art Nouveau is timeless which is why it feels so modern even now. The premise of Art Nouveau is that it imitates the natural form whether it's humans, flowers, leaves etc. Nature never goes out of fashion and anything that imitates her is also timeless
I love that art nouveau is inarguably celebrating the feminine. And that the female forms it celebrates are not unrealistic or unhealthy - but natural and elegant.
Art Nouveau is immortal because it represents the perfect marriage of realism and aesthetic, exemplified in my opinion by the work of Mucha, and later J.C. Leyendecker. In my view this blending of realism and appeal make it the highest form of modern art, but I'm probably just saying that because Mucha is my favorite artist.
Definitely agree 👍💯
Worth mentioning that there were several distinctive branches of it, which looked very different to each other.
Even within every branch there is such variety that could be almost unrecognizable the fact that they belong to the same style. We can think of Modernismo Catalán, or even Gaudi itself has a huge diversity.
Then we can think of German Jugendstil, Austrian Viennese Secession (so geometrical and goldish), Bavarian Munich Secession (greco-romanian and goldish), Hungarian Secession (lots of flowery and colourful forms), Italian Liberty (classic, heavy and sculptoric), etc.
We agree! The topic is so big so we are thinking about making more videos about different art nouveau styles 👌🏻
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Greco-romanian or Greco-Roman, because those are two different things?
....and don't forget the Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his brilliant artist wife Margaret Macdonald. Mackintosh's Japanese-inspired geometric designs were a major influence on the early designs of Josef Hoffmann at the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Secession).
Good point
I am a fan of Art Nouveau, and have been forever (teenager in the 60's - go figure) but when looking for images on line it isn't unusual for Nouveau to be merged with Deco. I know there are similarities, but the Soul of Nouveau is completely different from Deco. I'm glad you made the distinction in this video. Very interesting, Thank you.
Glad to hear we did well. Thanks for watching and your feedback! 🙏🏻
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Alfons Mucha is Czech artist so I think his name should be pronounced not in french but in czech :)
Indeed!
This. It is so difficult to take these channels seriously when they have no respect for the artists and can't put a minute of work into finding the correct pronunciation of their names.
And the narrator kept repeating it, it was horrible. It showed narrators lack of knowledge in this field.
Agree!
it's not even French. It would be Musha then :)
The woman doesn't pronounce it in french in the video but in english...
There is definitely something magical about the art style. He has that colorful, vibrant look that just makes you feel good looking at it.
I love Art Nouveau stylings. I'm definitely a sucker for the idealized feminine form and setting it in nature has, I think, kind of a universal appeal. Maybe that's from strong influences of the 1960's-70's in my impressionable youth.
We are the same! The style is definitely charming 😍
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I don't find myself engaged into viewing and studying Art Nouveau, but what I am impressed by is Klimt, the son of a jeweller, masterfully combining his delicate and elegant portraits of women with decorative patterns and gold, making the whole piece less of just a painting and more of an adornment of sorts, like a piece of jewelry.
Wonderful - and we’ve got a video about him in this channel 😍
I agree, as I love the architecture, interior design, jewelry, and sclpture, yet the drawings don't excite me as much.
I LOVE art nouveau. Not just the 60s, but the originals. I'd do every room in my house with the wallpaper and tiles if I could. Deco leaves me flat. Pre Raphaelite is very nice. But Nouveau has my heart.
I found a Liberty silk scarf in a charity shop, and the design just shone through the grime in the fabric....washed it when I got it home and it is just stunning! Nothing touches Art Nouveau for me.
I can’t help but think that its core attraction is that same thing that draws many to boho styles. The movement, colors, and busy patterns will always be welcome to a certain large percentage of people, whether it is popular or not.
It’s just so beautiful 😍
Mucha is actually so good. I feel like his style would fit right in with current digital artists.
I've just discovered about this Art Nouveau (literally 20 min ago) and I am absolutely in love with it! I've been asking myself why I did so long to discover this art style, It's majestic!
Never late to learn something new !☺️ glad you’ve discovered this style!
Come to Europe, you will enjoy it a lot.
I have been obsessed with Art Nouveau for decades. I collected Muchas Posters when I was a teen and still have many. A truly beautiful genre.
a gorgeous video. stands head and shoulders above the rest of the art videos on this particular style.
So kind of you, THANK YOU! 😚👍🏻
I have loved Art Nouveau since I was a little girl. It’s so great to see an informative video that shows so many beautiful examples of it.
Music to our ears, thanks a lot for stopping by! 🙏
When you look at architecture whether it be from the Middle Ages , Art Deco or Art Nouveau, it most certainly is unmatched by the ubiquitous glass and steel of today.
Art Nouveau somehow seems to be the last style in both art and architecture that is effortlessly appealing to a broad audience. Where functionalism, international style, brutalism and postmodernism remain divisive and classicism being the object of rebellion, nouveau seems to be at least accepted by just about everyone. Maybe it is precisely because it only lasted for so long and never had time to become dominant and stale?
Good question, perhaps, we’ll never know! 😊
“Mid century modern” would beg to differ 🤣 and I think the 1940s to 1970s film art is widely influential. Interestingly in design I see more of the Art Deco I’m everything from book covers today to data visualisations
@@StaringCompetition Deco is just incredibly satisfactory to our pattern-seeking brains. It's one common source of antagonism is not aesthetic but ideological. As it was a celebration of industrial prosperity happening at the same time as the deadliest modern pandemic, the great depression and the first world war.
If we're ever at a time wherein optimism beats cynicism and frugality, we might be allowed it's elegant delights again.
Are you saying Art Deco is divisive? It came after Art Noveau and is also beloved.
Love Art Nouveau in Architechture, particularly in Building arounds European Cities like Paris, Budapest, Vienna & most important one in Riga Latvia in Baltic. Although created mainly in France, Belgium, Vienna it's spread in many cities throughout Europe, today Riga is considered as one of the city with most concentrated Art Nouveau styled buildings, around 800.
Was amazed to see the resurrgence of this style after Fall of communism in Baltics. Special use of Mythical Creatures in the ornament decorations, use of Leaves, Insects & Nature is breathtaking.
Berlin has also quite few buildings with this style, always dream of living in one of those !
I love Art Nouveau. There's something about the symmetry and depth of colors that's always resonated with me.
I love it too!
Art Nouveau at times feels like bringing surreal elements into our world. But being from the period it's from, I can see why it tries to represent this utopic, idealistic and modern society that revolves around blending art and function.
Thank you, so in your view, why does it try to represent this utopic, idealistic and modern society?
@@CuriousMuse imagine being part of the first generations that truly embraced living in a big city. That "metropolitan feel" would express itself in a way that reflected how people saw their environment
Love how you included that shot of Aerith fanart from Final Fantasy VII
We though it’d work well and so we did 😅
@@CuriousMuse indeed it worked! 👍
"why it has never gone away" because it's freaking beautiful ❤️
I get emotional and even tear up when I see art nouveau architecture and paintings. It truly was a revolution and rebirth for the world of art in my opinion. It so strongly contrasted the industrial revolution that was happening when the movement started. Artists drive culture, and this movement to me reflects the hearts of a culture that was yearning for the more organic and free essence of the feminine as the rough and gruff factory technology was on the rise. They broke out of traditional historical values of art and made it more accessible to the masses, too. As an artist today, we have so much freedom, and people in movements like this paved the way for us.
☺️🙏🏻
Art Nouveau is one of my favorite art styles, & I'm currently trying my best to imitate it digitally for a set of character portraits for a fantasy series that I love. I think in analyzing it & trying to crack the code on "what makes Art Nouveau look right" I've come up with some observations, many of which you covered in your video:
1. Sinuous, flowing lines evoking movement, with thicker, graphic outlines drawing attention to the central figure
2. Natural motifs, especially uncommon, unusual, or unpopular "lowly" creatures (flies, grasshoppers, bats, sparrows, cicadas, & mice proudly alongside the peacocks, eagles, swans, etc.)
3. Use of sacred geometry, rule of thirds, Fibonacci spirals, & other biologically aesthetic guides in the composition, which is often taller than it is wide
4. Subtle, natural, soft colors, nothing neon or eye-burning, but not always restricted to pastels or light colors either (this is the part where I struggle most - depicting a black robed costume in Art Nouveau is uniquely frustrating for some reason for me!)
What do you think? Are there other key aspects of Art Nouveau that truly define the style?
Thanks
The recent science-fiction subgenre of Solarpunk also takes some aesthetic inspiration from the style, because of its natural forms, appeal to craftsmanship, and utopianism. (It also takes aesthetic elements from arts & crafts and non-Western cultures.)
Thanks for sharing this interesting fact!
I've loved this style all my life, but I never knew there was a name for it! I love waking up with some education, thank you :)
I worked as a fabric painter for a designer and I appreciate the simplicity of the art, yet rich and intricate with it's flowing movement and beauty...pure elegance! I am an Art Nouveau lover forever!
I absolutely love it! It's gaining back popularity and inspires new artists to this day. The intricate and wild decorations are absolutely gorgeous and holds space for some subtle story telling.
I'm a great admirer of this style and I wish more designs of everyday objects would follow the basic forms of Art Nouveau.
Put simply: Art Nouveau is the fusion of a resurrected Romanticism, Symbolism, and Expressionism. Fabulously beautiful and sensual. There has never been anything like it.
Mucha has always been one of my favorites.A genius.👍
I didn’t realize that my stylistic choices were subconsciously informed by Art Nouveau! Thanks for this video I loved learning more about it♥️🥰
How cool! Your stylistic choices then are so elegant!
I have always loved AN, but I could never quite put my finger on why. This vid made me aware of the connection with psychedelic art which I also love. I feel like I'm getting a little closer to grasping what it is I find so fascinating and moving about it all.
Lovely, same feelings here!
I absolutely love it 😻 As an old artist it has always been my Muse. I'm happy you took your subject and brought it forward for current audience to have a 360 view 🎉
You’re so welcome 🥰
art nouveau and art deco are like the feminime and masculine versions of the gilded age. the former is flowy and delicate, the latter is geometric and rigid. both express opulence and prosperity.
I love Art Nouveau !! It's so graceful and colorful with swirling colors and movements!! I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for posting it
Love this video! Informative, dynamic and colourful.
So glad to hear it! 😍
I've been a fan of Art Nouveau for as long as I can remember. I especially enjoy the stained glass work of Louis Comfort Tiffany and the architecture of Antoni Gaudi. 💜💜💜
I really like this style. I was in Paris a few years ago and noticed the architecture and the subway fonts. However I never knew in what style it was made. I'm really enjoying this channel and these videos. Thank you. I have learned a lot from them.
So pleased to hear it! Thank you so much for this lovely feedback 🥰
The animated Graphics of Mucha are sensational!
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I just love how whimsical this art style is ✨
I'm glad this video was suggested to me.
Really fun for eyes and ears with beautiful examples and of course informative.
Ever since my art history classes in university I was naturally obsessed with Art Nouveau and I still am. The organic celebration of nature and feminity inspires me every day! 💖
This celebration of nature and feminity is a great inspiration indeed! So happy you got to watch our video!
@ 0:14 The Czech artist referenced here is Alphonse Mucha, pronounced MOO-kah, with a hard K sound. This is according to my friends from the Czech Republic (Czechia). This is also the way we pronounced it in Art School.
The correct pronunciation is Moo-hah. The "ch" sound in Czech is the same as in German.
When I think of Art Noveau...
I think of "Transistor", by SuperGiant Games, developers of "Hades" and "Bastion".
In Argentina the influence of Art Nouveau in architecture was very important
Absolutely, Art Nouveau spread throughout the world incl. Argentina - some of the finest edifices are in Buenos Aires! 👍🏻
It's never gone away because it's beautiful.
Agree 😍
Im definitely aiming to make my adverts so beautiful that people would like to take them home and hang them up! This is my new motto. Imagine how much sles you could get for sparking such needs in people. Taking a poster home with you… thats really a great goal.
I adore art nouveau! I'm quite fond of art deco as well, but nouveau edges it out in my top favorites list. I had a history of graphic design class and this was my favorite section, closely followed by the broader medieval era. Art nouveau should have another popular resurgence, I'm getting tired of all the harsh contemporary modern looks.
Same here, we really enjoy both styles. Thanks for watching! 🙏
I absolutely love Art Nouveau. So elegant & precise
Yes, I do like Art Nouveau! In Riga, Latvia we do have a lot of Art Nouveau buildings closer to Old City, to Silent Center 👍
Well done , great presentation of this beautiful subject matter .
These artist took the power of the line to new heights
Thank you! 😊
Lovely short documentary. I hope you can do another one at a slower pace and much longer. Thank you
Art Noveau is one of my favorite styles and Gustav Klimt is one of my favorite painters.
Alphonse Mucha became an inspiration to artists in the 1960s and my mom is a hippie at heart
This is an absolutely wonderful video. Beautifully done, informative, scholarly, and the narrator is articulate and compelling. Thank you.
Such a lovely feedback, thank you!!!
I ♥️ the styles of Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, and Art Deco - my 3 absolute favorite styles. 😊
My favourite art style. I fell in love with it when I first learnt about it in high school and I'm still in love at 40 🙂❤️
It’s so beautiful indeed 😍
I absolutely love art nouveau and Klimt especially. Would love to see more of this style of art in new construction…it is gorgeous.
Outstanding!. So happy to have found your site
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Art Nouveau was a beautiful and lively art indeed. Your video also showed many good examples and was very well done. Thank you!
This was definitely worth staying up for 🤓 Happy Friday from Cali 😄
Thank you for doing this, really appreciate it! 😊🙏🏻
This is a good short survey. You didn't mention my favorite aspect of the movement however. I love the Babylonian Revival that took place within Art Nouveau. The Egyptian Revival within the Art Deco movement is more well known, but both had their origins in contemporary archeological discoveries, and opened beautiful imaginative vistas.
Thank you for sharing this interesting fact! 👍🏻
Art Nouveau, to me, is the most beautiful art form. My favorite artists are Maxfield Parrish and Louis Comfort Tiffany. I also love art deco which is so different from art nouveau. Hard lines versus soft curves.
It’s so beautiful indeed 😍. Thank you for sharing your favourite artists, we’ve just checked out their works - so Art Nouveau! ❤️
@@CuriousMuse I have a few Maxfield Parrish original prints from the 1920s. There is actually a color blue named "Maxfield Parrish blue". The artist Thomas Kinkade admitted he "stole" Maxfield Parrish painting technique. If you look at landscapes by both artists, you can see why.
@@Fuphyter thankyou for sharing😊🙏. I will now look up Maxfield Parrish.
And MP Blue 🤩💙
I ❤❤❤❤❤❤ it. Nothing more to say. The colors,the lines, the flowers, the lettering, the style--ALL OF IT!
Brilliant (and Ms Madelin's French is impeccable).
Thank you - we’ll let her know ☺️
@@CuriousMuse Thanks and I’ve just subscribed. Can’t wait to explore further.
Always loved this style…would be wonderful to see one of Mucha’s work in a gallery
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I checked more vids about Mucha just to hear how people pronounce his name. I was surprised by the muchas gracias option used here. He was Czech/ Austro-Hungarian empire. Even Americans and French on different channels managed to pronounce the Czech sounding Mucha, as Greeks pronounce Christos or if you tried to pronounce Johann Sebastian Bach as Germans do.
Thanks for your feedback. Overall ours is a more common British pronunciation which is different from the 'original' one (Czech). We've noted it though, in our next videos we will be sticking to the CZ version.
I have adored art nouveau since my teenage years when I had first laid eyes on Mucha posters and the elegant curves, leaves and organic shapes in decoration. I’m an absolute fan of it, and not only in fine arts but especially in furniture and architecture. I believe it has an immense sense of aesthetic and that the ‘belle epoch’ lives on in modern art and architecture today
Splendid visual feast -- thank you.
I remember going to my first 'head' shop back in 1972. Inside were art posters, some with black-light glow!
I had learned about art Nouveau as it relates to psychedelic rock posters but never knew this much about its history and tradition. Thank you for such an insightful video!
Art Nouveau was my absolute favorite period for art, French architecture and furniture. Sad there is so little of the later!
I adore Art Nouveau! This is a wonderful video and I would love to see similar videos on all the schools of art and individual artists.
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Thank you for this wonderful feedback. We have some very exciting episodes currently under production, so please stay tuned! ;)
Very nice intro to the movement. There's a film I really like that blends psychedelic style in an Art Nouveau period setting: Morgiana, directed by Juraj Herz. It's hard to find but definitely a very unique trip, and your video helped me realize why the two styles blended so well
Thanks for the film suggestion! 👍🏻
I was struggling to understand the characteristics of Art Nouveau, but this video helped me put it in perspective!
This genre is iconicly refreshing. Thank you
My fav. Love the colours too. Love the vin diagrams between nouveau and other forms like acid and tribal.
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I could binge watch hours of the Art Nouveau animated graphics. Intensely mesmerizing.
It’s so beautiful indeed 😍
Excellent presentation. I have loved seeing images but learned so much from this video. Thank you.
I love the style so much that my only 2 tattoos are done in it, and I took a trip to Glasgow just to see all of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh exhibits. There are definitely different branches that make up what we call Art Nouveau, and they tend to border on the Arts & Crafts and Deco movements, but the divine feminine and focus on nature are what make the pieces truly stunning. Besides Mucha and mackintosh I would also recommend Aubrey Beardsley, LC Tiffany, and Guimard. Klimt’s work never really had the same effect on me, but he is generally included in the movement as well. It’s the first real print advertising style, so the industrial revolution had a lot to do with its popularity and reach.
Great short video on the subject. I am all in when it comes to Art Nouveau. My art style is highly influenced by Art Nouveau because I was influenced by the late 1960s art Nouveau revival that occurred in the late 1960s. When I was younger, I was unaware of the relationship of 60s Art to Art Nouveau.
Talking of the contemporary presence of the style, the aesthetics of fantasy films/ video games/ book illustrations are almost invariably art nouveau inspired when it comes to fairies and elves' realms! Thank you for this informative overview of the movement's impact
Definitely inspired by Art Nouveau 😍. Thanks for watching this video!
I'd suggest that the influence is reversed. Art Nouveau was influenced by celtic and greco-roman art and folklore which then went on to influence the fantasy genre. When publishers went looking for inspiration in visual media, Art Nouveau was an obvious and accessible source, more so than the pre-industrial artisanship that preceded it.
@@lozoft9 You are right! And the visuals often end up being a mixture of art nouveau and its cultural predecessors.
Art Nouveau creates magical worlds where things are perfectly balanced and beautiful
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The curves of Art Nouveau is a natural feminine expression of art and seems to come back into favor when women are becoming empowered. The first wave was about the time of the suffragette movement, the second with the advancement of feminism in the 60's.
I always thought it was interesting that art deco, a more masculine art form with its straight lines and industrial subject matter, followed the art nouveau movement and seemed to be a harbinger of the great wars that the men of that era fought.
Thank you for sharing this perspective!
Lisbon, Portugal has many stunning Art Nouveau and Art Deco buildings. That city doesn't get enough credit for it's beautifully preserved and eclectic architecture.
Couldn't agree more! Animatografo do Rossio in Lisbon is a great example to this!
I have always been drawn to this style and knew the name but none of the history. After watching this video I can more confidentantly say it's my favorite! ✨
So glad to hear you’ve found your favourite style!
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even as a child I have always been so attracted to Art Nouveau (as well as art deco)
I think art Nouveau is wonderful ! Inconparable style ! I love art nouveu ! One of the most beautiful architecture and artistic styles !
Very well done. Thank you.
Thank YOU ☺️👐🏻
How ironic that women’s images were so powerful during art Nouveau during a time when they were so powerless…..in those days libraries were men only.
Thank you for this little explainer of Art Nouveau. I appreciate it so I subscribed and went searching for your explainer video for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their philosophy of creating Art...only to discover you haven't made one yet. I hope you do get around to it. All the best.
Thank you! We dont have a video about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood just yet but we have a video about Symbolism where we (very) slightly cover Pre-Raphaelites so hope you'll enjoy it!
I have made many studies of Mucha.
I guess I've always had a fascination with the form.
This is very influential, informative, insightful, and inspirational! Great video! 😊👍
Woohoo 🎉
Beautiful, always loved its retro, sometine steam-era, design.