The Evolution of Art Nouveau To Art Deco

Art Nouveau is a refined style created from the combination of Egyptian style and floral Japanese prints.

Art Nouveau started out with a floral definition however in the 1920's Art Deco was created by a group of rebellions and Art Nouveau was soon eliminated by the introduction of bold, geometric linear shape designs. This style was less decorative but very stylish. Its influence was brought by the modern art movement and the film industry.

Art Deco is made up of several characteristics the main ones being futurism, cubism, constructivism and neoclassicism. All these encouraged the growth of abstractism, helping several modern artists such as Hoffman and Frank Lloyd Wright.

In 1909 machinery was progressing vastly. The Futuristic movement were longing for a modern lifestyle and were influenced by the expression of speed and movement.

Simplicity was the message they wanted to portray in their composition and they worked to show this by creating composition of order and harmony. Typography therefore evolved and through these arrangements new forms and designs were created. Although most of their new font typefaces were linear and lacked sense they somehow still portrayed a sense of expression.
Unberto Soccioni, Carlo Carra, Giacomo Balla and Gino Severini are artists who were inspired by cubism and speed.
This inspiration led these artists to implement certain characteristics in their modern design art works allowing them to portray lines of force, repeat motifs and the addition of typographic elements.

Carlo Carra - Funeral of the Anarchist Galli

Carlo Carra's works of art expenses the amount of tension that was occurring during his era. The chaotic scene portrays several bodies in abstract movement, anarchists clashing and police with black flags in the air.

As technology and art continues to evolve striving for a modern lifestyle a movement called Dada was created. Their aim was to destroy art and attack it through their own meaningless form of art. The exploration of objects was enabled by subverting images to collages and photo montage thus creating a whole modern style.

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