History of Design essay
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Essays should include a premise or thesis statement and four or five paragraphs with specific objects used to illustrate points throughout.
Who made designed these objects, when were they designed, and to what movement do they belong? What are the similarities and differences between them. How are the representations of the women similar and different? Why were women such a dominant theme when these objects were designed?
The first object is during Art Nouveau
Empowerment of middle-class women Le Femme Nouvelle, “The New Woman”
Young, middle-class women work in offices and as retail clerks Women achieve the vote New forms of public entertainment:
– Amusement parks
– Dance Halls
– Movie theaters Family life
– Smaller families
– Later marriages
– Companionate marriage
replaces financial marriage
Characteristics of Art Nouveau 1890-1915
Empahsis on hand craft Conscious choice to express “Modernity”
– Natural forms
– Symbolism
– New interpretations of historical forms Metamorphic
– Becoming something new
The second object is during the art deco
Art Deco 1910 – 1939
DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS
– Emphasis on surfaces and light
• Bold contrast • Reflective surfaces
• Transparent surfaces
– Repetitive Machine-like Geometry
• Circles, ovals, triangles, squares
• Concentric and parallel lines
• Spirals
• Radiating lines
– Verticality
– Virtuosic craft
– Exoticism as modern
– Sensuality in the female form
• Non-threatening
– Fantasy and escape
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