What is the difference between Art Deco and Art Nouveau?

They are two different art styles, with Art Deco evolving partially from Art Nouveau. Here is a good website comparing the two: http://www.modernsilver.com/artnouveaudeco.htm

For Art Nouveau, think of the posters of Mucha, Women in flowing robes and floral ornaments. For Art Deco, think Bauhaus, it's less ornate than Art Nouveau and more simplistic.

"The Art Nouveau style appeared in the early 1880s and was gone by the eve of the First World War."

"Art Deco was a popular design movement from 1920 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts, and film. This movement was, in a sense, an amalgam of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Futurism."

Art Nouveau Vs Art Deco

Art Deco Vs Art Nouveau

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What is the difference between Art Deco and Art Nouveau?

The Art Nouveau style draws largely from themes found in nature such as plants, flowers, trees, and insects, while the Art Deco style is largely geometrically-oriented in design elements. Art Nouveau also tends to be more asymmetrical with long flowing sinuous lines, and Art Deco is more symmetrical and characterized by repetitive shapes and lines.

While there is some overlap between the two styles in use of flowers and insects, there are differences in the specifics selected. Art Nouveau would use irises and orchids while Art Deco would use camellias and roses (which could be rendered in more of a Cubist form). Art Nouveau might rely on insects such as dragonflies and spiders - perhaps due to the lingering fascination with Darwin's classification of animals in the 1850's. Art Deco artisans used animals such as leaping gazelles and racing greyhounds to convey a sense of speed and power to emphasize the recent technological accomplishments in aviation and automotive engineering.

Art deco is 1925 and later - named after a particular exhibition in Paris. The 2nd world war killed it Deco is marked by straight and angular zigzag lines Art Nouveau has a broader time frame, say 1890 to 1920. nouveau is marked by very curvy lines and had slightly different interpretations in different countries. Tiffany , Mackintosh, Jugendstil

In terms of their appearance: art nouveau applies soft, filigree patterning; often impersonating vines and vegetation in it's style. Nouveau generally incorporates much more detail and has an overall feminine appearance & aesthetic in its style.

Art deco is generally in direct contrast with nouveau: deco has harder more ridged contours, generally applying a variety of sharp angles in the way of triangles, columns, blocks and step designs; however, deco will incorporate some hardened & galvanized curves and undulation (like that of a theater curtain) in much of it's style. It is a harder style than nouveau and has been often associated with masculine aesthetics - this is evident in Nazi Germany & Soviet Russian graphic design of the 1930's - 40's.

art nouveau is wrongly thought to have originated from France; nouveau has been found throughout the world such as that Tsarist Russia. Defining Art deco is more allusive as there is virtually no single origin of nationality. Deco borrows from Mediterranean, Moroccan, Aztec, Egyptian & African styles just to name a few. It's no wonder deco found popularity in the early 20th century when the pursuit of exploration and discovery was all the rage. While we describe deco as worldly, it has however, been said that "if one tries to define art deco, then one has missed the point of art deco". There's something to said in this about its dynamic & amorphic orientations. I can recommend looking up art deco in google image search alongside a country of origin and comparing those styles alongside art nouveau.

This is brief and generalized description, but I hope it helps :).

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