ART NOUVEAU
Art Nouveau is an ornamental style of art that flourished in Europe and the United States between 1890 and 1910. Art Nouveau was most often used in furniture, interior design, jewelry and glass design, posters, and illustration, and was distinguished by the use of a long, sinuous, organic line. It was a concerted effort to develop a modern aesthetic that was distinct from the imitative historicism that influenced most of nineteenth-century art and architecture. Around this time, the word Art Nouveau was coined by the Belgian periodical L'Art Moderne to describe the work of the artist collective Les Vingt, and by S. Bing, who called his gallery L'Art Nouveau in Paris.
THE KISS: 1908-1909
ARTIST: GUSTAV KLIMT
Gustav Klimt's most famous work, "The Kiss," was first shown in 1908 at the Kunstschau art exhibition on the site of today's Konzerthaus. For 25,000 Kronen, the Ministry purchased it from there, securing for the state one of the classics of Viennese Jugendstil, if not all of European modern art. It definitely marks the end of the period known as the "Golden Epoch." During this decade, the artist devised a perplexing, ornately coded curriculum centered on the mystery of life, passion, and fulfillment through art. On a trip to Ravenna in 1903 to see the Byzantine mosaics, Klimt got the idea for this painting. Furthermore, the artwork incorporates a plethora of motifs from different cultural periods, most notably from Egyptian mythology. Recent research has shown, however, that reading the ornaments in the picture simply as representations embedded in history attempting to express a timeless true meaning is insufficient. They show more, including references to Klimt's passion for Emilie Flöge and the artist's study of Auguste Rodin's work.
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MOULIN ROUGE: LA GOULUE 1891
the Moulin Rouge, a brassy dance hall and drinking garden on the boulevard de Clichy, opened in 1889, one of Lautrec's paintings was exhibited by the entrance. He became a prominent fixture in the establishment and was commissioned to design the six-foot-tall commercial that began his postermaking career and made him popular almost overnight. He shone a spotlight on the nightclub's busy dance floor and its star performers, Valentin le Désossé, the "boneless" acrobat, and La Goulue, "the glutton," whose cancan skirts were lifted at the chahut's conclusion.
AUBREY BEARDSLEY, “THE DANCER’S REWARD (SALOME)” 1894.
The Dancer's Reward is a well-known work (Salome) Aubrey Beardsley's career was noteworthy for its remarkable influence on illustration painting, despite being cut short by tuberculosis. Beardsley established himself as one of the most well-known artists of his day during the seven years he was able to illustrate. One of the most divisive works of the Art Nouveau period is his painting for Oscar Wilde's play Salome. Salome is seen with the head of John the Baptist on a table in his poster.