Charade (1963). Look at that beautiful Art Nouveau lamp. I want it bad. The movie — a romantic suspense set in Paris — was pretty delightful, too. Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn were such wonderful personalities. Wings of Desire, or Der Himmel über Berlin (1987). Favorite line: “Time heals all… but what if Time itself [...]
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Art Nouveau book covers
Source: Publishers’ Bindings Online, 1815–1930: The Art of the Book. University of Wisconsin–Madison. I highly recommend looking through their collection! Search string “art nouveau” gets 132 results, all of them delicious. Which one of the above is your favorite?
Art Nouveau in We’re Back!: A Dinosaur’s Story
Remember We’re Back? It came out in 1993. I had it on VHS and really liked it, even though Professor Screweyes’s Eccentric Circus gave me the willies. Anyway, I was thinking about it recently, and it occurred to me that the style of Professor Neweyes’s ship, from my vague childhood memories, seemed pretty turn-of-the-centuryesque. Was [...]
Art Nouveau Tour of Paris: Hector Guimard
In case anybody asks you what Robin’s absolute favorite artistic movement is, it’s Art Nouveau. Quick summary: AN (1890–1915) is characterized by a Japanese influence, the primacy of the line, and a desire to stylize nature. Très aesthetic, and très reactionary against the stiff French art/architecture of the time. Some of my fave AN artists [...]
Aubrey Beardsley is bomb.
I accidentally came across a book on Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), an Art Nouveau illustrator, at my local library and was subsequently amazed. I love his use of line and shape and black and white! Check it out & click for bigger versions: A lot of articles or blurbs about him say he’s infamous for his [...]
