ART NOVEAU“Nature makes very beautiful lines, it will be

our single source of inspiration."

The Peacock Skirt, Aubrey Beardsley, 1892

Art History Component

Rationale Huge effect on art today Aids in understanding the philosophy as

well as technical aspects of present-day Also helps understand art from periods

such as art deco and modern art

took place all over Europehad many different names:

Jugendstil in GermanySkonvirke in DenmarkJugend in NorwayMloda Polska in PolandSezessionstill in Vienna

Historical Background

1900 -Exposition Universelle in Paris

1902- Turin, Italy -Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna

Bookplate for a Woman, Katharine Newbury, 1904

The Style Itself

Total Style

Important works in the period:

La Goulue Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

The Kiss Gustav Klimt

The Peacock Skirt

Aubrey Beardsley

Gustav Klimt

(1862-19180)

Born in Austria to a very poor immigrant family

After being awarded a scholarship, Klimt was able to study art at an academy in Vienna

focused heavily on traditional western painting

Tragedies such as the death his father and older brother along with a new love interest influenced a change in his painting style

Judith and holfernes

In 2006, one of his portraits of a woman named Adele Bloch-bauer sold for $135 million, which set the record for the highest amount of money ever paid for a painting.

Henri Toulouse-

Lautrec(1864-1901)

Toulouse-Lautrec created a huge body of work in only 20 years:

737 canvases 275 watercolors 363 prints and posters 5,084 drawings some ceramic and stained glass work an unknown number of lost works

His style of work is attributed to the art nouveau style due to the use of flat shapes and curvilinear forms.

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec died at the age of 36 from syphilis and alcoholism-related complications.

Alfons

Mucha(1860-1939)

Art History Evaluation

• STUDENTS WILL TAKE QUIZZES OVER DIFFERENT MODULES ON COMPUTER

• ONLY TWO MODULES WILL BE EVALUATED—RELATE TO STUDIO LESSONS

• “ART NOUVEAU” AND “SPOTLIGHT ON LAUTREC”

Practice Question – Image

Practice QuestionThis image represents the Art Nouveau

style because of its:

Pastel colors Use of floral patterns Dramatic expressionism Realistic forms and drapery Abstraction of form

HINT:

The Victorians utilized the same characteristic.

Studio Component

LESSON 1- PATTERNING LIKE KLIMT

Studio Component

LESSON 2- PRINTING LIKE LAUTREC

Studio Component

LESSON 3- MUCH LIKE MUCHA