Art Nouveau was an artistic movement that began in the late 19th century emphasizing organic forms and nature. It featured flowing, curving lines inspired by plants and flowers. Key characteristics included an emphasis on feminine imagery and sensuality. Major Art Nouveau works included advertising posters, paintings emphasizing women, and sculptures often depicting them. Important centers were Brussels, Paris, and Barcelona. Antoni Gaudi was Spain's leading Art Nouveau architect, drawing inspiration from nature and geometry. His most famous work was the unfinished Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona.

1. Laura Bustamante
02/05/2012

2. INDEX

4. INTRODUCTION TO THE ART NOUVEAU
 Art nouveau is an artistic movement that started
at the end of the 19th century and developed in
the first decades of the 20th century.
 It is a decorative style, in which we can find:
curved lines, organic motifs, exuberant
decoration…
 Art nouveau artists tried to create a new young
and free art. Also they drew inspiration from
nature.

5. CHARACTERISTICS
 The characteristics are:
 Inspiration on Nature and the use of elements of
natural origin and with some preference for
plants.
 Use of feminine images in delicate and graceful
attitudes, with generous utilization of the waves
in the hairs and the folds in the clothes.
 Attitude tending to sensuality and
senses, arriving, in some cases, to the eroticism.

6. PRINCIPAL USES OF ART NOUVEAU
 GRAPHIC ARTS In graphic arts, illustration of
books, magazines and in the advertising posters and
also in all kinds of supports, as
postcards, patterned, etc...
 PAINTING ARTS  Art Nouveau painting emphasized
the erotic representation of woman, in some cases close
to the perversion. Technically painters insisted on the
clarity of the line, and the expressiveness of the drawing.
They also used organic forms, with curved lines and
spirals. The Most Important painters are: Santiago
Rusiñol, Ramon Casas, Antoni Utrillo, Henry Edward
Potthast, Albert Edelfelt.
 SCULPTURE Woman was the principal theme in
sculpture and she was represented in different attitudes.
Some important sculptures are: Paul Aichele, Denis
Foyatier, Eugène Désiré, Victor Prouvé, Ernest

7. GRAPHIC
ARTS:
Advertisin
g posters
PAINTING
by: Henry
Edward
Potthast
PAINTING
by: Albert
Edelfelt
SCULPTU
RE by:
Denis
Foyatier

8. PAINTIN
G by:
Santiago
Rusiñol
SCULPTU
RE by:
Paul
Aichele
PAINTIN
G by:
Ramón
Casas

9. IMPORTANT CENTRES OF THIS STYLE
 Brussels, Paris and Barcelona were the most important
centres of this style.
 In Paris Hector Guimard designed several metro station
entrances. For example: Palais Royal- Musée du
Louvre, Réaumur-Sébastopol, Tuileries, Roszé Hotel, Castel
Béranger,Guimard Hotel …
 In Brussels Victor Horta built the Hôtel Tassel and his
house. More examples: House Matyn, Hôtel
Winssinger, Palais des Beaux-Arts of Bruxels …
 In Barcelona The most important architects were Lluís
Domènech I Montaner and Antoni Gaudí. some Lluís
Domènech´s most important works are: San Pablo’s
Hospital, Palace of Catalan Music, The Castle of three
dragoons… And some of Gaudi´s most important works are:
Belles Guard, Batlló House, The Holy Family…

10. Hector Guimard’s: the metro station
entrance Palais Royal- Musée du Louvre:
Victor Horta’s Antoni Gaudí’s:
Palais des Beaux-Arts of Batlló House
Bruxels

11. LLUÍS
DOMÊCNECH I
MONTANER
MUSIC PALACE
HECTOR
GUIMARD’ S
METRO
STATION
VICOR
HORTA’
S
HÔTEL
TASSEL

13. INTRODUCTION TO ANTONI GAUDÍ
 Gaudí was the most important representative of Art
Nouveau in Spain. He was very influenced by Gothic
art and oriental styles. He drew inspiration from
different natural landscapes for example: Valley of
The Chimneys of the Fairies, the Cave of the Salnitre
in Collbató and Montserrat's mountain and found
original solutions for the buildings he designed. Many
of his works were commissioned by the Güell family.
 For example: Palau Güell, Park Güell, Güell Pavilions
in Pedralbes, Güell Estate, The Palace
Güell, Cologne Güell ….

14. PLACES FROM WHICH GAUDÍ TOOK INSPIRATION
Valley of The
Chimneys of the
Fairies
The Cave of the
Salnitre in Collbató
Montserrat's
mountain

15. WORKS COMMISSIONED BY THE GÜELL FAMILY.
PARK Güell
GÜELL Pavilion
s
GÜELL
PALAC
E

16. WORKS
 His works stand out for the great precision of
the details, and for the use of geometry.
 When he obtained the architect degree in 1878
his first works were some streetlights for the
Royal Plaza, the project of Girossi Kiosks and
another project for the “The Working
Mataronense "Cooperative. This was his first
important work. The streetlights were
inaugurated in the celebrations of the Mercè, of
1879.

17. HIS FIRST WORKS IN IMAGES
Girossi Kiosks The Working Streetlights
Mataronense for the Royal
"Cooperative Plaza

18. THE HOLY FAMILY
 His most important work was The Holy
Family, located in Barcelona. It is a great
Catholic Basilica. Its construction started in
1882, but Gaudí took the project in 1883.
Nowadays, it is still under construction. When
the basilica will be finished, it will have 18
towers: 12 dedicated to the apostles, 4 to the
Evangelists and another one, dedicated to
Maria and other one to Jesus. Each of them will
have different height, depending on the order
that they occupy in the hierarchy.

19. THE HOLY FAMILY
 When Gaudí started directing the construction
of the temple, only the crypt was built. He
decided to change the style, for another one
inspired in plants. Gaudí evolved from the first
Neogothic project towards his particular
naturalistic style adapted to the nature; Gaudí
thought that Gothic style was
imperfect, because its straight forms, its system
of props and buttresses didn´t reflect the laws of
(the) nature. Gaudí only built the facade of the
Birth and the crypt, because he died in 1926
and only these two parts and a tower had been
built at that moment.

22. BARCELONA’S STREETLIGHTS
 Another of his important works was Barcelona’s
Streetlights. Gaudí received the order to design
some streetlights for the Town Hall of Barcelona.
For this order he prepared two different types of
streetlights: one of six arms, which was
established in the Royal Square, and another
one of three arms, which also was established
in the square of Palace, opposite to the civil
government. The streetlights were made of cast
iron, with marble base, in which it is possible to
observe the shield of Barcelona

24. CREDITS:
 BLANCO, Cristina and PÉREZ, Paqui, Social
Sciences History, 4º Year ESO
 Images:
 Google images
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrabble2/5469247442/l
ightbox/
 Wikipedia images
 Webs:
 Wikipedia: es.wikipedia.org/
 http://www.gaudisagradafamilia.com/lesser-known-
gaudi-works/gaudis-streetlights.html