Art nouveau

Art nouveau
Art nouveau is an international movement and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that peaked in popularity at the turn of the 20th century (1890–1905).
The name 'Art nouveau' is French for 'new art', it is also known as Jugendstil, German for 'youth style', named after the magazine Jugend, which promoted it. A reaction to academic art of the 19th century, it is characterized by organic, especially floral and other plant-inspired motifs, as well as highly-stylized, flowing curvilinear forms.
Art Nouveau is an approach to design according to which artists should work on everything from architecture to furniture, making art part of everyday life.
Origins
The origins of Art Nouveau are found in the resistance of William Morris to the cluttered compositions and the revival tendencies of the Victorian era and his theoretical approaches that helped initiate the Arts and crafts movementHowever, Arthur Mackmurdo's book-cover for Wren's City Churches (1883), with its rhythmic floral patterns, is often considered the first realization of Art Nouveau.The wave of Japonisme that swept through Europe in the 1880s and 1890s was particularly influential on many artists with its organic forms, references to the natural world, and clear designs that contrasted strongly with the reigning taste.Japanese wood-block prints with their curved lines, patterned surfaces and contrasting voids, and flatness of their picture-plane, also inspired Art Nouveau.
One of the most important characteristics of the style is a dynamic, undulating flowing and curvilinear forms.
Correspondingly organic forms, curved lines, especially floral or vegetal, etc., began to be usedAn important fact is that Art Nouveau did not negate the machine as other movements such as the Arts and Crafts Movement but used it to its advantage. Materials: employed were glass and wrought iron, leading to a very sculpturesque quality even in architecture.
•A high point in the evolution of Art Nouveau was the Universal Exposition of 1900 in Paris, in which the 'Modern Style' triumphed in every medium.• In the following decade, the new style was so rapidly commercialized in trivial mass-production that Art Nouveau was looked down upon after about 1907.
Interiors:
The art nouveau style saw a fundamental change in interior design styles. Rather then using inspiration from the past designers began to look at the things around them to inspire

Glasgow School Of Art
Architect: charles rennie mackintosh.
Date:1897-1909.
Construction system:bearin masonary
Building type:college
Climate: temprature

Casa Mila,Barecelona, Spain
Architect: Antonio gaudi
Date:1905 to 1910
Building type:multifamily housing
Climate : mediterranean
Construction and concrete system:masonry
About the building: Expressionistic, fantastic, organic forms in undulating facade and roof line. light court.