Painting (366) : Maria on the terrace
- Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924)
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Qpth to the design. Alphonse Mucha made similar contributions to the development of art nouveau poster design. Born in Czechoslovakia, Mucha worked in Paris as a graphic artist and interior designer. His posters epitomize art nouveau graphic design with their elaborately stylized natural forms, fluid curving lines, and rich colors. Art nouveau ts forms decorated with curvilinear wrought iron. These are especially memorable examples of art nouveau’s delightfully curving naturalistic forms. An interest in organic forms is also found in the work of French glass designer Emile Galle. Working from his hometown of Nancy, Galle produced a variety of glass.
QIn his Casa Mila apartment complex (1905-1907, Barcelona), Gaudi created the illusion of a limestone reef hollowed out by centuries of seawater. Although the entire complex was executed in cut stone, there is not one straight line in the facade. In t. Obrist’s designs, although based on natural forms, often evolved into mysterious shapes that suggest a fantasy world. The work of German architect August Endell shares this visionary quality. Endell sought to create intense, dynamic forms that would evoke a strong response in the viewer. His plaster relief sculpture for the exterior of Munich’s Elvira Photo Studio (1896-1897) does just th.
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