'Dragonfly Woman Corsage'- René Lalique

Question 1

Prompt 1 :
Function
Statement piece

Answer 1

• brooch pinned on to a item of clothing via gold pin at the back of wings
  -dramatic, flamboyant design + expensive materials
  -Not for everyday use

Question 2

Prompt 1:
Function + Fitness for Purpose (1)
23cm x 23cm

Answer 2

-Large brooch meaning it’s not comfortable
-Pulls @ clothing , damaging fabric
- NOT FOR EVERYDAY USE

Question 3

Prompt 1 :
Fitness for Purpose
Delicate brooch

Answer 3

• over 100 yrs old and been on display for ages
• It is safe to wear but there’s small, sharper edits that be easily damaged or damage clothing.

Question 4

Prompt 2:
Target Market/Audience
Woman 20-40

Answer 4

• Sophisticated + taboo design to offend older buyers by risqué design
  -Woman who wear that stuff all the time

Question 5

Prompt 2:
Target Market/Audience
Rich ladies due to materials

Answer 5

• expensive materials meaning upper class ladies or ladies w acess to wealth wanted it
• worn to elaborate events as a statement piece to attract attention

Question 6

Prompt 2:
Materials + Techniques
The process ( full )

Answer 6

• Female crafted from chyrophase + base adjoining elements ( lost wax casting methods )
• create wax model> sculpted into desired form> plaster then poured into a walled area like a box to create model> Wax then melted away leaving hollow centre> liquid metal then poured

Question 7

Prompt 2:
Materials + Techniques
Multiple jewelers

Answer 7

• Handmade ( 1 of a kind )
• Costs loads to import goods to Europe
  -Various jewelers each w a special craft
• Gemstones set into gold which ie last stage of process

Question 8

Prompt 3:
Visual Impact
Nudity

Answer 8

• figure of top half of nude woman wearing hat/helmet which looks like 2 beetles
• Nudity caused controversy when it was made to appeal to a specific rebellious audience

Question 9

Prompt 3:
Visual Impact
Fluttering Wings

Answer 9

• Woman w no arms only Wings on shoulders which are places on hinges
• when wearer moves so too does the Wings
• Attracts attention, more interest in piece

Question 10

Prompt 3:
Style
Art Noveau ~ Nature

Answer 10

• Art Noveau inspired by nature/ beauty this piece by nature
• See female form, beetles, mythological animals and dragonflies
• Brooch cutting edge + extremely fashionable when it was made

Question 11

Prompt 3:
Style
Art Noveau : symmetry

Answer 11

• symmetry aesthetically pleasing, line of symmetry is vertical axis so centre of brooch
• Form, Shape, Colours all mirrored perfectly to create highly attractive design
• when it was made it was fun/risqué piece but nowadays considering formal

Question 12

Social + Cultural Influences:
Japan on European Art + Culture in the second half of the 19th century

Answer 12

-Japanese ports resumed trade in 1853 w the the west. A lot of good arrived such as porcelain, silks, fans , kimonos and woodblock printing.
- Enameling was used in the design is common in Art Noveau which originated from Japan

Question 13

Social + Cultural Influences:
Natural World in Art Noveau

Answer 13

• perhaps prompted by non urban migration which was people moving from country to city for work
• Art Noveau designers used stylised floral + organic designs to bring nature back into normal life.
  > clearly seen in the wings + body inspired by dragonflies