NOTES
John Ruskin, born 1819
philosophical leader of Arts and Crafts Movement
-Beginning of socialism
Idea that things are valuable because they are beautiful
Idea that a cathedral is a perfect building since it is created with multiple ideas harmonizing as one
“Topsy” William Morris
many of designs called medieval
lived with beauty=value idea
felt mass produced items weren’t as good as handmade ones
was a socialist
most known for his pattern work
was involved in book arts
would do every step in the process
create his own typeface
Audry Beardshy - art nouveau
the playboy of the art world
very influenced by Morris
felt industrialization had lots of problems but they aren’t all bad and that they should just fix it
Japanese print design influenced
Alphonse Mocha
first job doing liotgraphy
sets in motion what was later called art nouveau
listyal modern later called art nouveau
Characteristics
whiplash pieces of hair
tile work
trump-loy play with depth
flat abstract background
something playing with spacial relationship
an element of something exotic
People loved pattern
Forms go from trying to be realistic to more abstract
art nouveau slow to catch on in the US
Will Bradly - First art nouveau designer of the US
used abstract simple form
had wood cut from influenced
notice in art how he gets very full of himself
Advertising development
Jugendstil means youth style - art nouveau in german
Scotland - Glasgo school
Main four:
Margret McDonald
Francis McDonald
Herbert McNair
Charles Rina Macintosh
Margret marries Charles
Francis marries Herbert
Their style:
geometric
curverlinerar elements
rectilinear structure
floral decoration
symbolism
stylized forms
sessionstil - art nouveau of Australia
Klint and Moser
ver sacrum (magazine)
Thoughts
Last week was a quiz so we jumped right into the next topic. It’s a little odd talking about the major people more that the stuff going on, but what ever. In the beginning of class we watch a video about William Morris that ended up being nearly an hour long. I found it to be okay. It was more entertaining than the other movies we have seen, but it still put some people to sleep.
Like I said, we started to concentrate on major people now which is move like the history classes that I’ve had in the past. It is still nothing like the Art History class I had at my last college, but I never expected it to.
At the end of class the teacher said that maybe we should hold class over spring break since we have so much to cover. Some people were actually agreeing, but there was no way I would agree, even in jest. Forget the fact that I won’t even be in the country for break, I’m still not enthralled with the subject.
Over all the day was okay. We talked briefly about with next step in the project and also got our test sheets back. I was annoyed because I only got one question wrong but I can’t complain too much since I did better than many. I was glad when class was over though, and thrilled it ended a few minutes early, since towards the end I started to get really sick. I was still able to take my notes fine, but I became completely miserable.
Questions
If there are any documentaries on the subjects we are learning by Discovery, the History Channel, or National Geographic could we watch those in class instead? They are made to be more interesting and might have more people paying attention.
