Briefly describe three aspects of the sources of inspiration for the Art Nouveau movement

The Art Nouveau style was popular from about 1880 to 1910 and refers to the decorative art movement that was carried out in Europe and the United States at that time. This new form of art bears the styling traces of European medieval art and 18th-century Rococo art and the decorative features of handicraft culture. It also has the aesthetic characteristics of oriental art. It also uses new industrial materials and contains the nostalgia and nostalgia of people at that time. The longing for the new century is a comprehensive reflection of all the complex emotions of people during the transition period from agricultural civilization to industrial civilization. This movement has a more emotional and romantic color, showing the emotions of the end of the century that are both nostalgia and longing. It is the product of the contradiction between the traditional aesthetics and the new aesthetic concepts that emerged in the process of industrialization. The replacement of old and new in the period of social transformation is not only reflected in time, but also in production methods, lifestyles, aesthetic concepts, and daily necessities used every day. During this period, the new art forms created by European artists, craftsmen, and architects were called "New Art."

The emergence of the Art Nouveau style was directly influenced by the British Arts and Crafts Movement in the 1860s. The Art Nouveau movement continued and developed the natural plant shapes of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Many Art Nouveau artists were also from the Arts and Crafts Movement. of participants. The Eastern culture spread in Europe is also one of the sources of inspiration for the Art Nouveau style. In the 19th century, Europe controlled almost all African, Southeast Asian, Indian and Pacific countries. While plundering material wealth from these countries, it also introduced culture and art from these countries. At the London Exposition in 1862, goods from Japan and other countries were publicly sold here. Japanese textiles, fans, high-end porcelain and works of famous printmakers were new things on the European market. These goods with exotic cultural characteristics became A collection favored by artists whose stylistic characteristics are reflected in their work.

The Art Nouveau style is regarded by many critics and appreciators as the last European style in art and design, because after this, there was almost no such geographically wide art movement in Europe. Art Nouveau demonstrated Europe's final glory as a unified cultural body. It attempts to break the boundaries between fine art and applied art, covering almost all fields of art, including architecture, furniture, clothing, graphic design, book illustrations, sculpture and painting, and is related to literature, music, drama and dance. .