Charles Frederick Worth
* 1825 - 1895
* Fashion designer
* Father of Couture
* Born in England before moving to France
* Well connected with royal European women
* Invented the bussel
* Changed fashion to be less impersonal and impractical full hoop to S shape silhouette
* Extravagant highly decorated dresses.
Images left to right
1. dress by Charles Frederick worth. Example of S silhouette
Source: http://www.forbes.com/2001/08/22/0822connguide.html
2. Charles Frederick Worth Himself
Source : http://kennethtangnes.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/jeg-liker-motehistorie-haute-couturecharles-frederick-worth/
3. Dress by Charles Frederick Worth for Elisabeth of Austria
Source :http://whatifwhatifdoesitmatter.blogspot.com/2008/07/victorian-fashion.html
Art Nouveau
* 1890-1905
* International movement.
* Very Decorative
* Reaction to academics
* Characterised by organic and floral designs
* Bridge between historicism and modernism
* Romantic style
* Art movement
* Very apparent style in advertising
* Orientalism became popular
* Art focuses on women
Images left to right
1. Art nuveau poster
Source: http://www.artcardsxl.com/Art%20Nouveau%20Gallery.htm
2. Absinthe poster
Source: http://www.oxygenee.com/absinthe/posters1.html
3. Art Nouveau Poster
Source: http://www.artcardsxl.com/Art%20Nouveau%20Gallery.htm
4. Absinthe Poster
Source : http://www.oxygenee.com/absinthe/posters1.html
Art Deco
* In the same period as WW1
* Prohibition - ironically made it popular to drink
* Had a large influence on many design areas. Including, architecture, furniture,
interior,graphical, art and fashion.
* Functional and modern approach to design.
* Art styles : Cubism, surrealism, dadism and futurism. These art styles were in rebellion
to 'art' challenging what was classified as art
* Suffragette movement was extremely strong, women were rapidly gaining more rights
* Women were allowed, to drive cars, be in Parliament, work, smoke in public
*Androgynous styles for women became popular - straight tubular silhouette, bobbed hair.
* Cosmetics became popular
* hemlines rose
* Massive reductions in amounts of material used (as result of WW1)
* Geometric designs very popular.
Images Left to right
1. Pablo Picasso, The weeping women, 1937
Cubist image
Source : http://www.inminds.co.uk/weeping-woman-picasso-1937.html
2. Marcel Duchamp, L.H.O.O.Q., 1919, Pencil on a reproduction.
Dadaist painting
Source : http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/An.html
3. Image of women's fashion.
Source: http://artdecoblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/femme-chic-1924.html
4. Gerardo Dottori,Crucifixion, 1928
Futurist art
Source : http://www.amblondra.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Londra/Archivio_News/futurismo.htm
5. McDonalds Building in Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Australia.
Example or Art deco architecture.
Source : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=112844
Arts and Craft.
Arts and craft became very popular in the art deco period. This was a reaction to the industrial revaluation. Many rebelled against machines and mass productions and it became common for people to create there own art and craft.
Words to research
* Suffragette: a member of the movement campaigning
for women's voting rights.
* Androgyny: The mix of feminine and masculine characteristics
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