Jugendstil
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Jugendstil. German term for *Art Nouveau.
Junk art. Term first used by the critic Lawrence Alloway in 1961 to describe an urban art in which found or ready-made objects and mechanical debris were transformed into paintings, ...
Jugendstil
Sometime synonymous with the term Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, meaning “Youth Style' in German, got its name from the magazine Jugend that first promoted the style.
Jugendstil
The "style of youth" in turn-of-the-century German art and design, closely related to Art Nouveau.
Jugendstil typography, applied to a brewery sign
Jugend: Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben (English: Youth: the illustrated weekly magazine of art and lifestyle of Munich) was a magazine initiated during 1896 by Georg Hirth ...
Art Nouveau/Jugendstil
The new fashion in contrast called "Jugendstil" or "Art Nouveau" liberates the body contours from corset once again, as a hundred years ago. Here we see Hodlers huge painting "The Day II" of 1905.
Jugendstil is defined as a style of architecture or decorative art similar to Art Nouveau, popular in German-speaking areas of Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries [1].
- Art Nouveau/Jugendstil (Fin de Siecle) FOR DETAILS see: Art Nouveau
- Symbolists (Late 19th Century) FOR DETAILS see: Symbolism Movement
- Post Impressionist Art (1880s on) FOR DETAILS see: Post Impressionism ...
Art nouveau originated in London and was variously called Jugendstil in Germany, Sezessionstil in Austria, and Modernismo in Spain.
In Germany, Jugendstil artists like Peter Behrens and Hermann Obrist, among many others, had their work printed on book covers and exhibition catalogs, magazine advertisements and playbills. But this trend was by no means limited to Germany.
The Art Nouveau movement was known as Jugendstil in Germany, Sezessionstil in Austria, and Modernismo in Spain.
However, the style originated more than a decade earlier, and by the end of the 19th century had various names in a variety of countries: 'Jugendstil' in Germany; 'Stile Liberty' in Italy; 'Modernista' in Spain and 'Sezessionstil' in Austria.
In Germany it was known as 'Jugendstil', from the magazine Diejugend (Youth) published from 1896; in Italy 'Stile Liberty' (after the London store, Liberty Style) or 'Floreale'; in Spain 'Modernista', in Austria 'Sezessionstil' and, paradoxically, ...
With its origin in London, the movement spread throughout Europe and the United States and came to be called Jugendstil in Germany, Sezessionstil in Austria, and Modernismo in Spain.
The style effects architecture, interior design, the graphic and the ornamental arts, thereby making a strong presence in modern society. The Art Nouveau spirit was also identified as the: Arts and Crafts movement, Jugendstil, Style Moderne, ...
Its name varied from country to country (Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Style 1900, etc.). It is characteristic of plainness, decorative composition, flexible contours and stylised floral ornaments.
designer Hector Guimard; in Italy as the stile Floreale (floral style); stile Liberty, after British Art Nouveau designer Arthur Lasenby Liberty; in Spain as Modernisme; in Austria as Sezessionstil (Vienna Secession); and in Germany as Jugendstil.
 See also: Art nouveau, Movement, Painting, Sculpture, The style
  
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