Concept in Definition ABC

The name of Art Nouveau is the one applied to an artistic style that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its name comes from French and should be understood as 'new art', although in some cases it appears as 'modern art'. Art Nouveau does not have a specific origin that can be limited to a limited time or date, but can be considered a movement that takes influences from very varied styles and that already has its own characteristics in the last decade of the 19th century.

Art Nouveau is a very particular and clearly distinguishable style. While many artistic styles in human history have been limited to a couple of branches, Art Nouveau can be found in both painting and painting. architecture, on sculpture, on He drew, on graphic design, on design interiors, textile design, and jewelry, among other things. In this sense, the artists who contributed to the development of Art Nouveau understood that it was a style of life more than an art form, so the relationships between the different representations were infinite and permanent. For them, in addition, art could enter into perfect

Balance with the utility or functionality of different objects instead of becoming something unenjoyable in daily life. Hence the concept of new art.

Art Nouveau sought to represent this union between fine arts and applied arts (those coming from artisan traditions rather than artistic ones) through the presence in everyday items: doors, windows, furniture, jewelry, lamps, posters, signs transit, etc. Some of the elements that characterize this art are the use of wavy shapes and lines, free and almost never straight, the overflow of details but in a calm or elegant sense, of the colors, of the figures delicate, pale and very sensual feminine, etc.

Themes in Art Nouveau