I have always loved the structure and curves of both art nouveau and art deco, as well as the broad category of illustration. After meeting Braldt Brald and pondering the work on his website -www.braldtbraldsstudio.com - the genres were refreshed for me. There is nothing like the pure design of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Gustav Klimt, Alphonse Mucha,and Maxfield Parrish. "Arts and crafts" and "prairie" design drifted in and out of the nouveau and deco movements, while incorporating Asian influences. Frank Lloyd Wright and brothers Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene furthered these elements in what has become known as American Arts and Crafts architecture.
This week's blog offers a challenge. To me, elements of art nouveau and art deco are found in these photographs. What are you seeing here?
Let me know where these take you! For full effect, click on the images.
until next Monday,
DB
a passion for the image
These are the most abstract images I can recall from you, Daryl. They seem like molten glass with applied blur. The effect is of volume and weight. As to art deco or nouveau, I haven't a clue. Are there three different subjects? And what are they?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steve. They are indeed abstract (don't know WHAT that says about how my mind is working these days) and you are quite close with the description of molten glass. They are glass blocks, which in themselves were a big part of the art deco movement. Two of the subjects are different. The third was taken from a slightly different angle. As the BBC Hercule Poirot series progressed, their location scouts found some amazing art deco buildings that were used in a number of episodes as Poirot's home/office. The buildings had massive glass blocks in them. What a lovely design they are.
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