Why Was Art Nouveau Important

In 19th century to be considered a serious artist, one had to attend an art academy and learn form, shape, size, texture etc. However artists believed art is not meant to be studied like science, they thought “art flows from the soul, twists through consciousness and decorates life through its beauty”. Through this mindset, artists developed a movement called “art nouveao”. It lived for a short time, from around 1890 to 1910. It was a reaction to the art of neoclassism; it spread the idea of art and design as a part of everyday life. Art nouveau means new art in French which means moving away from imitation of real objects and instead focusing on flowing lines and forms of nature. Art Nouveau was at it’s peak by the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Thereafter, it reached across Europe and also to United States and Australia. Art Nouveau specialists promptly utilized new materials, and did not hesitate to make use of technical advances. Designers of art nouveau took inspiration in nature as subject matter for their designs, not only the nature’s beauty but its role in life, how life evolves from birth to decay and

One of the Mucha’s most prominent works he produced there was “Slav epic”. It took him many years to complete it. He began making it in 1909 and completed it in 1928. It consisted of 20 paintings, beautifully depicting the culture of Slavic history. Again, he used of subtle colors, and beautiful blending of texture, and patterns. Mucha added almost everything in his Slav epic poster design; people, dogs, flowers, draperies, gold, silver etc. As far as composition is concerned, Mucha placed people almost everywhere in the design. Throughout his painting he used dull colours. He blurred the people in the foreground, and sharpened people in the front, which creates sort of an illusion. Slav epic was Mucha’s last work that he made for the people of Czech. On 14th july 1939, he died of