Moriah Greenwood INT232 blog

This week we learned about Art Nouveau, which lasted from 1880 to 1920. Art nouveau means "new art," and it was called that because they were rejecting the old and they were using new materials. Art Nouveau was inspired by nature and was very detailed.  french art nouveau interior Breezeway of the Castel Béranger,  Gateway of the Castel Béranger stairs furniture examples  modern day examples  One step farther Aubrey Beardsley He was born in 1872 and died in 1898. He is known for his pen and ink drawings. He mixed Japanese and Art Nouveau together. At the time his art was very controversial, with his art often being dark and/or erotic.  He said, "I have one aim—the grotesque. If I am not grotesque, I am nothing." He co-founded the Yellow Book and also was their art editor and made the covers for the magazine. In 1898, he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25.  Venus between Terminal Gods, 1895 I really liked art nouveau i love seeing all the s...

  japan In Japanese historic architecture the building types are Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples, castles, palaces, governmental buildings, and homes of nobles. These historic buildings had a lot of variety in what they were made of, like stone, wood, and other things. Shokintei Pavilion IIt's a bit unusual how we access this building. If you wanted to visit, you would have to row across a lake in a small boat to reach it. It is made up of a lot of rooms that are about the size of a tatami mat. A lot of the walls are made with sliding screens, shoji panels of wood and paper, with some being able to be moved and some not. Screens were used to temporarily separate different spaces.   Shokintei Pavilion furniture  Traditional Japanese furniture was all low to the ground, with no chairs or chests or with no legs, but if they had chairs, they were low to the ground. More things are considered furniture in the Japanese culture than in the West. Things like trays, pots, ke...