Studied by 8 people
Arts and Crafts (Key Point)
Traditional craftsmanship over machines
Arts and Crafts (Inspirations/Influences)
Traditional Skills, little ornamentation
Medieval crafts, natural forms, natural timbers
Arts and Crafts (Features)
Handmade, traditional mortise and tenon joints
Patterned, natural forms on tiles, wallpaper, textiles
Arts and Crafts (Key Figure)
William Morris (1834-1896)
William Morris
Socialist writer, influenced by Ruskin
Many wallpaper designs used simple, natural forms, still in use
Art Nouveau (key Point)
Wide ranging, European and Oriental influence, natural/languid form
Art Nouveau (Insprirations/Influences)
Unified approach like A&C
Oriental, Celtic, Arabian patterns, Greek decoration
Iron, Steel, glass, ceramics, concrete
Organic and feminine lines
Art Nouveau (Features)
Stylised, plants, female figures
Differed from country to country
Art Nouveau (Key Figure)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Designer, Archiect, Artisit from the ‘Glasgow 4’
Japanese, Celtic and Arts and Crafts influence
Bold Geometric form, retaining floral and curving motifs
Bauhaus Modernism (Key Point)
Mechanism aesthetic - Form follows function
Bauhaus Modernism (Influences/Inspriations)
Post WW1 idealism, industrial methods and materials
Geometrically pure - Art Deco Influence
Bauhaus Modernism (Features)
Founded as an art school - Walter Gropius - closed by Nazi pressure
Materials, form, metalwork, furniture design, architecture, graphics
Marcel Breuer (Bauhaus Modernist)
Form follows function - everyday products for everyday people
Machine aesthetic chairs - inspired other, bent plywood furniture
Bauhaus Modernism (Key Figure)
Marianne Brandt (1893 - 1983)
Marrianne Brandt
Bauhaus student - became head of metal work dept.
Developed geometric kitchenware - tea infuser
Memphis (Key Point)
Challenge conventional taste
Memphis (Influences/Inspirations)
Milan based post-modern, rebelling against functionality
Adapted elements of Art Deco, Pop Art, Children’s toys
Memphis (Features)
Bright, fun, shocking colours
Human/Animal like forms
Simplistic/Abstract - non traditional materials
Memphis (Key Figure)
Ettore Sottsass (1917 - 2007)
Ettore Sottsass
Unconventional, eclectic, controversial architect
Founded the Memphis group
Bold, colourful, abstract designs
Post Modernism (Key point)
Less is a bore
Post Modernism (Influences/Inspriations)
Perceived by some as boring/lacking excitement
Reference can be seen in pop culture, ancient classical architecture, Art Deco
Post Modernism (Features)
Wide range of materials
Anything goes attitude
Huge range of Designs
Post Modernism (Key Figure)
Phillippe Starck (1949-)
Philippe Starck
Function follows form
Range of designs for a range of products
Modern materials, eccentric and innovative ideas
Concious of sustainability
Art Deco (Key Point)
Popular modernsim with exotic influences
Art Deco (Influences/Inspirations)
End of WW1 - travel and mass production
Discovery of King Tut’s tomb 1922
Paris Exhibition 1925
Egyptian temples, Aztec Motifs, African Carvings
Art Deco (Features)
Stepped Decoration - NYC sky scrapers
Sunburst motif
Stylised, geometric, contrasting art nouveau
Bold colours + gold and Black
Art Deco (Key Figure)
Eileen Gray (1878 - 1976)
Eileen Gray
Highly independant - created her own style
Opulence and luxury, geometric shapes
Influenced by modernism and Art Deco
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