Choose an Art Nouveau Building and Explain Why It’s Exterior and Interior Features Are Classified as This Style

Choose an Art Nouveau building and explain why it’s exterior and interior

features are classified as this style

Sveinbjorg Erla Olafsdottir

AIU London

IDIA212 : History of Interior Design

Instructor: Kieran Mahon

11th April 2012

Abstract

Charles Rinnie Mackintosh was a respected architect and a designer during the Art Nouveau movement that took place from 1890 to the First World War. The new Glasgow school of Art was one of his most successful works. The buildings exterior and interior is full of beautiful details, craftsmanship and geometric elements that supports that this building is within the style of Art Nouveau. The interior was designed in collaboration with Margaret Macdonald. The new Glasgow school of Art building is one of the most famous Art Nouveau buildings in Britain.

Choose an Art Nouveau building and explain why its exterior and interior features are classified as this style

This essay will demonstrate how the new Glasgow School of Art building is classified as Art Nouveau style. The new Glasgow School of Art is one of the most famous buildings with in the Art Nouveau style in the United Kingdom. What is Art Nouveau? Who was the main architect in the United Kingdom during the Art Nouveau movement and how does his design of the new Glasgow school of art belong to the style of Art Nouveau?

Art Nouveau was an innovative International style of modern Art that became fashionable from about 1890 to the First World War. This was something new to the world of art and therefore the name New art or Art Nouveau was applied to this style. The term "Art Nouveau" drawn as well from the Persian art Gallery called " La Maison de l´Art Nouveau". Art Nouveau philosophy was about applying artistic designs to everyday objects so beautiful things would be available for everyone. Therefore some artists used low-cost materials and mass production while others used more expensive materials and good quality craftsmanship. No everyday object was supposed to be...