Entry 6

Notes:

John Ruskin, he was born in 1819, early part of 1800's, becomes phylisofical leader of the arts and crafts leader. a leader that called for social reform. he asked how could you structure as society so they can maintain an orderly society? he wanted structure with society to take care of the most people. it was the beginning of socialism. he was a writer and a philosopher had the base idea that things were valuables simply because it was beautiful. he pointed to the idea of the cathedral being the perfect example of unity of design.  Several people were inspired by this idea. 

WILLIAM MORRIS-

William Morris is an important figure. Morris had the nick name Topsy.  With industrialization, with the key word aesthetic confusion, they rebelled against the machines. the idea was things were valuable because they were produced by hand. He;s the son of a wealthy merchant. i published his first set at 24. Morris is known for his oaten work, he was a socialist. Morris was involved with book arts, it was;t something that was flourished. it was later a popular trend. Goudi and Bruce Rogers hand an intreats in book arts Morris designs 3 of his own type faces golden, a black typeface called troy, and a smaller one called chaser. Morris;s type has even tonality. His work was precisely even in color. he design over 6044 blocks and did initials, boarders, frames, title pages. They always remember his vine work and work effort. 

Each generation rejects what their previous generation did. 

ART NOUVEAU- 

Aubrey Beardsley , he was inspired by William Morris, his work was similar to him. if you make a comparison you'll see similarity. he also has naked nymphs. Morris was pissed and threatened legal action against it. His work has a dark sexualness, and he has a tragic (generic) short life. Alphonse Mucha is a another person we could relate to. Had incredible sketched, when he starts as a young painter and printer, he gets a job working at a print shop. a big star Sara Burnhard had a design she was donning and she didn't like it. she ask for poster to be done while al was at work. the work was lush and colorful but looked uncompleted at the bottom. he didn't have time to finish. But she fell in love with it.  had him design costumes and sets and posters. Mucha's style was dominant. in late 1800's and early 1900's, Al is what defines what Art Nouveau is. The classic piece that everyone knows of Art Nouveau si the poster for job cigarette papers. 

Things to discuss about Mucha's work

whiplash tendrils for hair,

 tile work, 

a trumployness where he plays with depth

a flat background element playing 

get a sense of detention with the hair

complex patterns

the flat background is japanese inspired

his work was sophisticated graphic detail work. it was something that he believed in. People loved pattern work, they usually brought books of pattern, they enjoyed decoration. Had an abstract form of art. 

GE;'s pattern related to a japanese design, 

Art Nouveau catches on slow in America. Another man in America Will Bradley playes with abstraction, black and whlte pattern. He starts doing innovative things. starts using abstracts in simple form. has the ground in flat pattern but has demotions with the women. He also manipulated negative space in abstract form.  he used a photomechanical to reproduce the image to make the work abstract by decoding the image using japans woodcuts. Gets full of himself and prints a book while incorporating a lot of pattern work. 

Soon advertising becomes sophisticated.  Some of the work created a sense of envy with making the people look fancy and sophisticated. 

Jugenstrill was an art Nouveau that was about youth and was a popular trend. is again has simple flat color representing block printing. 

Peter Barrons another artist was known for his wookd block prints. He created a radical piece call the Kiss. It was scandals and taboo at the time. 

In Scottland, there was the Glassgo school of art. The school was bould around  4 different people, Margeret and Francis McDonald and they were sisters. Herbert McNare. and Charles Renne Macintosh. they were working in a similar style and they decided to team up. the work that they were doing were geometric, it has curvealiniar elements (meaning elements that was curvy, it doesn;t have right angles, but has a rectalinear structure) it has floras decoration, symbolism (carry over from Victorian era) like stylized forms, 1890;s headmaster sees them and says they should hang out.  

A book was made Margeret McDonald and in was made in 1896 and it was using symbolism.

They move in to many facets of design. they designed interiors, they recreated an entire restaurant and changed their library. They have a method on how things were going to work. 

Talwin Loriss  he listened to their information and took their ideas to give practical expression. he started to become extremely collectible and his stuff was mass produced. he's collected for his spin design. 

Sessionstil means style. young art people hanging out with the older art people and they wanted a show and the old people said no so the young people created their own. they formed Sessionstil.Gusta Clint and Koloman Moser important members of the Sessionstil. they put on an art show for their first exhibition, their first has an allegory which as an idea of the young people killing the old guard.

they used an outrageous use of negative space,had used so much white space. 

Personal Thoughts: I thought that today's class had a lot of information. Mucha's life style reminds me of my own and I'm a little wishful that my life will be that great as his when that lady loved his art work even though it was late. The Art Nouveau had a lot of abstract nature within it's pieces and it's use of negative spaces is also incredible that I hope to incorporate that style within my own animations. The video that was shown demonstrated the difficult time he had with his work and making people happy and making money on his own. However it's hard to relate since he was still wealthy thanks to his fathers income that made them still wealthy. I hope i get as lucky as some of these artist, without the sexual exploring and early death. 

Questions: Sometimes us art students are restricted in materials around here, I would like to know if Mucha had the same problem that we have with supplies and also if his dominate style was criticized by someone jealous of his talents?