Painting (483) : Return of Persephone
- Lord Frederick Leighton(English1830-1896)
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H its deepest influence. A variety of ensuing movements continued to explore integrated design, including De Stijl, a Dutch design movement in the 1920s, and the German Bauhaus school in the 1920s and 1930s. Although the stylistic elements of art nouveau evolved into the simpler, streamlined forms of modernism, the fundamental art nouveau concept of a thoroughly integrated environment remains art nouveau. 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 that. Part dragon, part.
Uief sculpture for the exterior of Munich’s Elvira Photo Studio (1896-1897) does just that. Part dragon, part flying sea creature, part tidal wave, the theatrical relief expands the organic forms of art nouveau into the realm of visionary fantasy. Stylistic trends in Vienna took a significantly different direction. Led by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, young artists and architects formed a group called the Wiener Sezession , or Vienna Secin (1893-1974), Israeli artist of Romanian birth, one of the pioneers of Israeli art. His style was both open to international influences and uniquely concerned with the people, customs, and especially the landscape of his adopted country. Rubin’s eager acceptance of its character and its people, both Arab and Jewish, had an important influence on the development of later Israeli art. Rubin’s artistic talen.
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