{"id":2947,"date":"2020-09-01T10:50:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T10:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2025-02-14T19:26:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:26:59","slug":"art-nouveau-the-nature-of-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/art-nouveau-the-nature-of-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Nouveau, the Nature of Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Art Nouveau exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts in Norwich is a small but beautiful exhibition on the mezzanine floor. I visited in August. With plenty of space between exhibits, it\u2019s easy to keep your distance from other visitors.<\/p>\n

The exhibition traces Art Nouveau from its emergence in the 1890s showing that by 1900 it was a dominant force in new design. Its exponents were interested in symbolism and psychology combining them with imagery from nature.
\nThey also sought to revive good workmanship, raise the status of craft, and produce genuinely modern design reflecting the utility of the items they were creating.<\/p>\n

The curators have taken a broad view with examples of paintings, sculpture, architecture and household design from across Europe. Anything could be of the style, from a tiny brooch to a building.<\/p>\n

Whilst it could be said to have its roots in English art and design it never really came to fruition in England. However, in Scotland the Glasgow School of Art developed its own approach.
\nThe exhibition traces how it blossomed in Belgium and France. In Spain, the Catalan artists took it up with Antoni Gaudi being its most famous proponent.<\/p>\n

By 1912 the movement was already fading leaving behind some of the most intensely ornamental buildings, furnishings accessories, jewelry and decoration in the history of art, so recognizable today.<\/p>\n\n\t\t