Overtime Art Deco

William Morris himself and his disciples created a movement called "the arts and craft movement", as they envisioned the rising power of the machine and the enslavement of mass production. However, before Wright can talk about the negative impacts that the machine has brought upon Art, he first describes what he means by the term Art and the Machine. Wright defines Art as "structural

The transition between the 19th and 20th century has brought further development of modernistic ideas, concepts and techniques in art. Inspired by Cezanne’s idea, saying that all nature objects can be illustrated with just three geometrical figures: cube, sphere and cone, Pablo Picasso created his first paintings, which became the icons of modern art and cubism movement in

Minimalism in visual art emerged in the 1960s, New York. This art movement was influenced by Greenburg’s doctrine that the progressive evolution toward flatness while artists started making an extreme visual reduction. Minimalism was a reaction to abstract expressionism, which created to against excessive gestural painting like Jackson Pollock. They were also like to use industrial materials in order to move the visual projects towards sculpture and against “formalism”(Arnason, 2013, p.510). Artists considered the importance of working environment due to they want audiences to experience the art through the body rather than eyes.

In the 1920's Art Deco was a popular form of art. It also influenced architecture, fashion, and furniture. Art Deco used bold geometric shapes and strong colors. It used concrete, smooth stone, and terracotta as materials. Art Deco represented modernism and a bright future.

The building I chose to compare with the Art Deco period is the Café l’Aubette. This café shows the De Stijl movement that was designed by Theo van Doesburg. The café shows a lot of geometric patterns and is colorful to show a contemporary look to the building. The goal that Theo van Doesburg wanted to achieve in the café was to create a space that people feel like they are part of the painting on the walls that surround them. The exterior of the building is brick with minimum ornamentation and arched lower windows and square upper windows. The interior of the building is simple and shows no ornamentation and is decorated in the geometric colored panels on the walls.

William Morris led the Arts and Crafts movement in the 1800’s. Some of his work, like this one pictured to the left, demonstrates the beauty of the simplicity in his work. William Morris was an artist, designer, printer, typographer, bookbinder, craftsman, poet, writer and champion of socialist ideals. He believed that a designer should have a working knowledge of any media that he used and as a result he spent a lot of time teaching himself a wide variety of techniques. He also founded the Kelmscott Press which published high quality hand bound books and was very influential in the revival of the private press.

Well experiencing with Cubism, Picasso painted, The Architect's Table in 1912. The Architect's Table is a Cubist work of his and was very abstract for it’s time. Cubism was very confrontational and modern for the time because it was a strange new style and had a very complex view of shapes. It was challenging because it rejected what the norm was among artists. The Art Academia had a certain set of rules that artist had to follow that would make it purchasable and acceptable in the art society; Cubism

By the turn of the century, a new movement emerged known as Art Deco. This movement along with the world was halted by the development of the first World War. It was around this time that the second Industrial Revolution began which lead to the develop of machines that is highly used today. From the Art Story, John Glennon says, “That crafted quality was emblematic of a kind of elitism in opposition to Art Deco's more egalitarian aim: to make aesthetically appealing, machine-made objects that were available to everyone.” This was apparent with London as it was traditionalist and elitist view when it came to architecture. This result them not to follow the initial movement as they were opposing this movement for Art Nouveau. Later, London would

In response to shifting perceptions of art prompted by the Industrial Revolution, the work of

DSDN171 Assignment 4 Poster 1: Inspiration I chose the 20th century style of art deco I have showcased this design style in my own design style through the use of black and cold colour scheme. While incorporating the use of curve lines to generate a pattern on my poster in order for it to be reminiscent to the style used in the Art deco era between the 1920s and 1930s time period. Art Deco.

Art Deco was a modern style that first appeared in France during the 1920s, announced in 1925. Art Deco is seen in Jean Puiforcat, Hot water kettle, form a five-piece coffee and tea set. This tea set a modern design that was used in luxury liners. This tea set uses sleek geometric shapes that were inspired by the luxury liner itself and part of Art Deco style is to reflect modern technology. This tea set was made out of silver that at the time was very costly material, but it resembles the steel and metal used in the production of the luxury liner. The material also allowed for the tea set to have a luxurious appearance. Not only does a product have to be elegant, its form should be functional. Jean Puiforcat also used silver for his tea set

It was a full 170 years after Americans had their political revolution that they won an aesthetic revolution. American art to get rid of its inhibiting mechanisms- provincialism, over-dependence on European sources, and an indifferent public- and liberate itself into a quality and expressive force equal to, or exceeding that of art produced anywhere within the period. Few would argue that the painting and sculpture that emerged from the so-called New York School in the mid 1940s was the foremost artistic phenomenon of its time and was labeled as the Abstract Expressionist movement. Abstract expressionism was a reaction to social realism, surrealism, and primitive art in the 1940s; this is a turning point in

Graphic design started many years ago. Over time, graphic design skills changed, as well as the implementation of ideas. Different designers from around the world practiced design, and each one had their own way. Designers’ experiences helped them to do more modern work. Some of them brought new ideas to graphic design and developed it. There are many professional designers, but Herb Lubalin and Alexey Brodovitch deserve to be known in the history. They bring creative and modern ideas to the art deco movement.

“Design is for living”. The adage fashioned a widespread shift in design during the 1940s and 1950s. It revolutionized the form by creating an electrifying visual language that signaled a new age and a fresh start- two of the powerhouses were Charles and Ray Eames. The Eameses were a husband and wife team whose unique synergy led to a whole new expression in furniture and architecture. The couple advocated the principles of Modernism through the adaptation of innova¬tion from wartime technology .Their design style can be branded as “California Modernism,” a term that is often used interchangeably with “Mid-Century Modernism.” This distinct style embodied an approach to design that opposed the “social conscience” of the Bauhaus in order to embrace looser, warmer design which was both more expressive of local character and in touch with the realities of commerce and salesmanship. With the west-coast coming-of-age, economy shift from making goods to producing information and the global expansion of American culture; their lives and work embodied some of America’s defining movements. They contributed to architecture, film, industrial and graphic design. They were known as pioneers of affordable mass production and residential constructions. The evolution from furniture designers to cultural ambassadors validated their bents and overlaps with country’s interest and projected how design can enhance the lives and practical needs of ordinary people and not just the elite.

“Modern painting, breaking through old conversation, has released countless suggestions which are still waiting to be used by the practical world.”(Gropius) The birth of modernism and modern art goes back to the Industrial Revolution, a period that lasted from the 18th to the 19th century, in which rapid changes in manufacturing, transportation, and technology profoundly affected the social, economic, and cultural conditions of life in Western Europe, North America, and eventually the world. Before the 19th century, artists created art pieces for wealthy people and institution places like the church where they can create art works about storytelling of religious or mythological scenes . These arts were there to instruct the viewers.However, this changed when during the 19th century many artists began to create works that were about people, places, or ideas that interested them, and of which they had direct experience. With the popularization of the idea of a subconscious mind, many artists began exploring dreams, symbolism, and personal iconography as avenues for the depiction of their subjective experiences.Challenging the notion that art must realistically depict the world, some artists experimented with the expressive use of color, non-traditional materials, and new techniques and mediums.