Main entry:

Wichmann, Siegfried, 1921-2015.

Title & Author:

Jugendstil art nouveau : floral and functional forms / Siegfried Wichmann.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publication:

Boston : Little, Brown, ©1984.

Description:

238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Jugendstil, floral funktional.
"A New York Graphic Society book."
Artists include: Walter Almaric; Charles Robert Ashbee; E. Bakalowits & Sons; Aubrey Vincent Beardsley; Peter Behrens; Hans Edouard von Berlepsch-Valendas; Karl Blossfeldt; William H. Bradley; Margarete von Brauchitsch; François Rupert Carabin; Jean Carriès; Hans Christiansen; Th. A. C. Colenbrander; Wilhelm Lucas von Cranach; Bernhard Cuzner; Cymric; Adrien Emile Dalpayrat; Daum Frères; Wilhelm Debschitz; Auguste Delaherche; Delft Porcelain Factory; Deutsche Werkstätten für Handwerkskunst (German Studios for Handicraft Arts); Otto Eckmann; Jan Eisenloeffel; August Endell; Fritz Endell; Christian Valdemar Engelhardt; Eugène Feuillâtre; Georges de Feure; Eugène Gaillard; Emile Gallé; Glasgow School; Hermann Gradl; Eugène Grasset; Ludwig Habich; Thomas Theodor Heine; Josef Hoffmann; Paul Jeannency; Georg Jensen; Aron Jerndahl; Engelbert Kayser; J.P. Kayser; Reinhold Kirsch; Karl Koepping; Juriaan Kok; Arnold Emil Krog; Edmond Lachenal; René Lalique; Raoul François Larche; Agathon Léonard; Louis Levallois; Ernest Leveillé; Liberty & Co.; J.L. Lobmeyr; Berthold Löffler; Jo. Loetz; Adolf Loos; Charles Rennie Mackintosh; Louis Majorelle; Clément Massier; William Morris; Koloman Moser; Ejnar August Nielsen; Adelbert Niemeyer; Nymphenburg State Porcelain Factory; Hermann Obrist; Robert Oerley; Hans Ofner; Joseph-Maria Olbrich; Bernhard Pankok; Bruno Paul; Dagobert Peche; Charles Plumet; Michael Powolny; Otto Prutscher; Glashütte Rheinische (Rhine Glassworks); Ernst Riegel; Richard Riemerschmid; Rörstrand; François Rousseau; John Ruskin; Johann Julius Scharvogel; Hans Schmithals; Theo Schmuz-Baudiss; Gertraud von Schnellenbühel; Hermann Seger; Gustave Serrurier-Bovy; Gustav Siegel; Louis Comfort Tiffany; Henry Clemens Van de Velde; Ludwig Vierthaler; Charles Francis Annesley Voysey; Otto Wagner; Wiener Keramik (Viennese Pottery); Wiener Werkstätte (the Vienna Workshop); Otto Wytrlik; Friedrich Zitzmann.
Translation of: Jugendstil, floral, funktional.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-230) and index.
Introduction -- Plants and their movements: An Art Nouveau theme -- The lamp as sculpture and the lamp as flower -- Geological and submarine motifs and themes -- Form and movement in glass -- Plant and floral models and the abstract play of line -- Bentwood furniture: Form and function -- The aesthetics of the machine -- Cube and square: A functional design unit.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The international movement known as art nouveau transformed the decorative arts throughout Europe and the United States at the turn of the century, providing a departure point for modern art. Jugendstil Art Nouveau, the first substantial work in English on the German and Austrian manifestation of the style, is an important study of its origins, development, and international connections. Jugendstil, like its European and American counterparts, was characterized by the sinous line that had its origins in natural forms--the swelling and turning of a flower toward the light echoed in a tulip glass or in a favrile vale by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Author Siegfried Wichmann documents this floral and functional theme of the growth of plants, demonstrating the increasing influence on the fine arts of biological research between 1870 and 1917. Darwin's name was on everyone's lips, and illustrated scientific books by Haeckel, Bolsche and Gerlach revealed a new world of both terrestrial and marine flora, whose flowing movement and iridescent color captivated the artists of the art nouveau. Dr. Wichmann also examines the abstract trend that distinguished German art nouveau after 1900, an apparently contradictory direction toward a style whose rectilinear forms were linked to an evolving machine aesthetic. The illustrations offer a dazzling display in varied media--glass and metalware, lighting fixtures, jewelry, furniture, textiles, and architecture."--book jacket.

ISBN:

0821216074
9780821216071

Subject:

Decorative arts History 19th century.
Decorative arts History 20th century.
Decoration and ornament Art nouveau.
Decoration and ornament Plant forms.
Decoration and ornament Animal forms.
DECORATION AND ORNAMENT ANIMAL FORMS.
DECORATION AND ORNAMENT ART NOUVEAU.
DECORATION AND ORNAMENT PLANT FORMS.
DECORATIVE ARTS HISTORY 19TH CENTURY.
DECORATIVE ARTS HISTORY 20TH CENTURY.
Décoration et ornement Art nouveau.
Décoration et ornement Motifs végétaux.
Décoration et ornement Motifs animaux.
Arts décoratifs Histoire 19e siècle.
Arts décoratifs Histoire 20e siècle.
floral patterns.
Decorative arts.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 193156
Call No.: ID NK775.5.A7.W5; ID:97-B4211
Status: Available