Design History Flashcards
The arts and crafts style
Simplicity - removing clutter, suitability sized furniture.
Splendour - different materials and new techniques: unusual material an precious metal.
Nature - plants, bird and animal forms. Stylised flower pattern. Heart symbolising friendship and the sailing ship representing the journey of life.
Colour and texture - link between colour and nature. Natural materials: stone, wood, wool and linen.
Philosophy of Arts an Crafts (1850-1900)
Grew out of a concern for the effects of industrialisation upon design, traditional craftsmanship and the lives of ordinary working class people. The design of mass produced products such as furniture was often overlooked. Therefore poor quality, over decorated and often oversized imitations of traditional items of furniture were being produced. John Ruskin and William Morris.
Who was William Morris (a and c) influenced by
John Ruskin - theorist and critic
Art nouveau philosophy
Or ‘New art’ was an international style of decoration and architecture. The principle of art nouveau was the concept of a unity and harmony across the various fine arts and crafts media and the formulation of new aesthetic values.
Style of art nouveau
Nature - natural forms and whiplash lines and stylised flowers, leaves, roots, buds and see pods. And peacock feathers
The female form - long flowing hair
Other cultures - Japanese wood cuts, asymmetrical outlines and the minimal grid structure of Japanese interiors provided vertical lines and height. Also Celtic Arabian and Ancient Greek patterns
Designer of art nouveau ?
Charles Rennie Mackintosh - born in Glasgow, studied at Glasgow school of art. Design for ‘house of an art lover’
Modernism style
Reject old style and designed upon natural form and materials. Believing in ‘the machine aesthetic’
Form follows function
Products for a machine age
Everyday objects for every day people
