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Art Nouveau & Arts and Crafts Movement Flashcards

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Art Nouveau

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1899 - 1914 (Paris Exposition - WWI)

style not a movement

inspiration from uruly aspects of natural world - sinous curves, flowing line

looser sexuality, new woman rejected ideals of feminitity, domesticity, subservience

precursor to modernism

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Gesamtkunstwerk

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Total work of art

Hotel Tassel, Belgium, 1893

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Louis Sullivan

Golden Door, Transporation Building

Chicago, 1893

terra cotta blocks, constrained

interest in ornament, highly decorative, repeated form

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Louis Sullivan, Adler & Sullivan

Guaranty (Prudential) Building

Buffalo, NY, 1895

highly decorative

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Probably designed by Clara Driscoll, Poppy Shade

Executed by Alice Gouvy

Study for a Poppy Shade, 1900

Glass pre-1906, Cushion base designed pre-1903

“Tiffany Girls” stike forces Tiffany to hire women

strict rule 1) unmarried 2) divorced 3) widowed

working for less than men

Driscoll works for Tiffany 3 seperate times in her life

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Clara Driscoll with Alice Gouvy, Tiffany Studios

Butterfly Shade and Primrose Mosaic Base, 1898

difference from painted, rigid lines of Gothic stain glass

no rigid lines, breaking the plane

naturalistic ornament

women not constrained to the home = new woman

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Louis Comfort Tiffany

Punch Bowl with 3 Laddles, favrile glass, silver, 1900

Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, Vase

carved, cut, engraved favrile glass, 1895-98

undulating curves, naturalistic ornament

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George Ohr

Pitcher with Snake, earthenware

1895 - 1900

altered states of life, metamorphis forms

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Gorham Silver Company, Ewer and Platter, silver, 1901

William C. Codman designer, Gorham Manufacturing Company

Martele Dressing Table & Stool, silver, glass, fabric, ivory, 1899

hammering technique, effect of moving, many curves

altered state of being - shows development and process

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Louis Comfort Tiffany

Peacock Mosaic

Entrance Hall, Havemeyer Residence

1892

Arts & Craft & American Renaissance

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Louis Comfort Tiffany and others

Library or “Rembrandt Room” Havemeyer Residence

unidentified landscape, Chinese bronze jars, Tiffany lamp

1892

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British Arts and Crafts Movement

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return to the handicraft, traditional techniques

anxities about industrial life, critique of industrial labor, modern machines replacing workers, wanted to advance designer as craftman

derived from philospical works of A.W.N. Pugin, John Ruskin

improve standards of decorative design

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American Arts and Crafts Movement

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Closely aligned with work of William Morris & 2nd generation of architect-designers in England

British ideals disseminated through journals, newspapers, societies, lectures

diverse due to many cities and individuals, regional differences

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John Ruskin

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advocated medieval architecture as model

honest craftmanship and quality materials

Influencer for British Arts & Craft Movement

had major problems with capitalism

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A.W.N. Pugin

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early writings promoted Gothic Revival

apprehension about industrialization

influencer for British Arts & Craft Movement

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William Morris

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Believed industrialization alienated labor

dehumanizing distance between designer and manufacturer

strove to unite all the arts within decoration of the home

emphasized nature and simplicity of form

return to workshop design, historically inspired aesthetic

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Gustav Stickley

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emulated William Morris’ production through guild manufacture of his furniture

thought mass produced furniture was poorly constructed, overly complicated design

set out to improve American taste through craftsman or mission furniture

designs governed by honest construction, simple lines, quality materials

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Arts & Crafts Publications

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The Craftsman, House Beautiful, Ladies Home Journal

disseminated ideas about design and interiors

decorating suggestions -

use of colors, type of furniture, decorative accesories

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Ideal Arts & Craft home

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open-planned interior

shaped by color palette reflected by the natural environment

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Grueby Pottery

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innovative interpretation of nature and craftmanship

founded by William Grueby

known for naturally shaped vessels with matte green glaze

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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new way of living - completely designed environments

New style of architecture: Prairie School -

low-pitched roofs, open interiors, horizontal lines to reflect prairie landscape

utilized natural materials - wood, clay, stone

“organic” architecture indebted to nature

interior as a total work of art

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Samuel Colman and Louis Comfort Tiffany

Table for the Music Room, Havemeyer Residence

stained opalescent glass

1890-92

Havemeyer

American Renaissance

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Advertisement for Sussex Rush Seated Chairs

Morris and Company

1865

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William Morris

Acanthus wallpaper

1874

block-printed, requires 36 wood blocks treated as stamps applied individually to create unified scheme, no need for perfection

required lots of time

Arts and craft

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Frank Lloyd Wright House and Studio

Oak Park, IL 1889 - 1909

horizontal banding appears lower to ground

compression and expansion of space

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Rug Design (unexecuted)

Avery Coonley House

Riverside, IL

1907

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Desk-Cabinet from A.W. Gridley House, Batavia, IL

Oak with patinated metal hardware

1906

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William D. Gates designer, Gates Pottery

Monumental Vase, glazed earthenware

1905 - 1910

Arts and Craft

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Advertisement for Tobey’s New Furniture in House Beautiful

1900

Tobey Furniture Company released Stickley’s earliest designs

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Drawing of the Larkin Administration Building

Buffalo, NY 1903

large factory and office space

banding, horizontality

compressed doorways, cruciform shapes

open floor plan, aerodynamic furniture for healthier work environment

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Tree of Life Window

Darwin D. Martin House

glass, copper, foilens, wood, paint

1904

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Gustav Stickley

Model Dining Room, Arts & Craft Exhibition

Syracuse, NY

1903

features custom-made furnishings, English rug, metalwork by Jessie Preston, and ceramics by Grueby Faience Company

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Gustav Stickley

Chalet Desk no. 505 with Chalet Desk Chair no. 2578

oak and replaced rush

Crab Tree Farm Collection

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Gustav Stickley

New Designs including spindle furniture

patented 1905

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Gustav Stickley

Craftsman House Design

exterior rendering

1903

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Gustav Stickley

Fall-front desk

oak, iron, pewter, copper, various woods

designed 1903, executed 1903

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Harriet Couleter Joor designer

Pine Cone design, curtains, linen

designed 1905, executed 1909

Crab Tree Farm Collection

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Adalaide Alsop Robineau

Scarab Vase

Apotheosis of the Toiler

high-fire porcelain

1910

Arts and Craft

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Sara Galner decorator

made by Paul Revere Pottery (aka Saturday Evening Girls)

Vase, earthenware

1915

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