FINE112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Koloman Moser, Light Fixture, Stoclet Palace
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Arts and crafts (william morris and john ruskin) Art nouveau and fin de si cle art and design. Arthur mackmurdo, wren"s city churches cover illustration, 1883. Its name, art nouveau or new art was first used in the publication art. Moderne by the group les xx in belgium (in 1884) More officially formed in 1895 named after a gallery in paris, le maison de l"art nouveau that specialized in japanese crafts and decorative arts. Refers to a style in architecture, graphic arts, and the decorative arts but also to late 19th century ideas about the unity of the arts and aesthetics. Rejection on the part of the artists towards more classical forms. Strong imitation of nature; more exotic varieties the better. Artists wanted to abandon the rules and shackles of the past. Relationship btwn nature and the machine, and high arts (painting, sculpture, architecture), and to embrace once more the fine arts (ceramics, furniture making)
