Design Movements Flashcards
When was the Arts and Crafts movement?
1850-1900
What were the key features of the Arts and Crafts design movement?
- Products were hand made
- Inspiration from nature (plants, animals)
- Natural forms and materials
- Colour and texture
What did designers from the Arts and Crafts movement believe?
That automation and mass production separated designers from their products and that crafts and workmanship from the past were dying out, due to the industrial revolution.
They preferred to make handcrafted original products.
What was bad about the products from the Arts and Crafts movement?
Making the designs required highly skilled workers so many of he products were too expensive for the average person to buy.
Who was the main designer of the Arts and Crafts movement?
William Morris
When was the Bauhaus movement?
1919- 1933
What were the key features of the Bauhaus movement?
- Form followed function
- Modern materials (exposed steel)
- Simple, geometrically pure forms and clean lines
- No decorative frills
Name 3 designers from the Bauhaus movement
Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Miles van der Rohe
How did the Bauhaus movement start?
The Bauhaus was a German architecture school founded by Walter Gropius. The Bauhaus wanted to design and manufacture products, architecture and print that was functional, cheap and compatible with mass production techniques.
When was Art Deco?
1925- 1939
What was the key features of Art Deco?
- Geometric forms
- Symmetry and repetition
- Zig- zagged geometric fan motifs and sunbursts
- Man made materials
- Inspiration from ancient Egypt and Aztec Mexican art
What happened around the time of Art Deco movement?
Discovery of Tutankhamum’s tomb
Who was a key designer in the Art Deco movement?
Claris Cliff
When was Art Nouveau?
1890- 1905
What were the key features of Art Nouveau?
- Curly ‘whiplash’ lines and stylised flowers
- Elongated lines, leaves, roots and buds
- Exotic insects and peacock feathers
- Inspiration from nature and the female form
