VISUAL CULTURE

trends & styles chapter 1
the turn of the century:
nothing is impossible

> excitement: remarkable inventions
> designers embracing new technology
> contemporary & timeless inspiration

> Art Nouveau (1880-1915)
> Post-Impressionism (after 1886)

Victor Horta, Hotel Tassel,
Brussels

Victor Horta, Hotel Solvay,
Brussels

Examples of the ‘whiplash curve’ in Art Nouveau design

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Alphonse Mucha

Antoni Gaudi, Casa Mila, Barcelona,

1906-1912

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Utagawa Kunisada, Shunga
(Bijin hiding her face), 1837 (Japan)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,
Divan Japonais, 1892-1893 (France)

Attributed to Kao K'o-kung,
Landscape after rain, c. 1300 (China)

Attributed to Kao K'o-kung,
Landscape after rain, c. 1300 (China)

Attributed to Liu Ts'ai,
Three fishes, c. 1068-85 (China)

Attributed to Kao K'o-kung,
Landscape after rain, c. 1300 (China)

Vincent van Gogh,
The Starry Night,
1889

Auguste Rodin,

The Thinker, 1904