Compare And Contrast The Arts And Crafts Movement

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The two architectural movement I’m going to discuss and compare is “The Arts and Crafts Movement” and “Art Nouveau Movement”. These two movements somehow share similar ideas with each other but their styles and use of design were also distinctive from each other. Moreover, even though their ideas and concepts were similar but their style of architecture is different from each other. During the time of industrial revolution, the machine has invented to the world in Britain. People started to use the machine to create everything including artwork and design. This situation has made all the designers and artists feel uncomfortable with the use of the machine. Also, these artists want to advocate the beauty of handcraft. Therefore, they started …show more content…

This happened in the late 19th century and early 20th century which is after the “The Arts and Crafts Movement”. To compare with the “The Arts and Crafts Movement”, both of the movement advocate the beauty of handcraft and nature. Art Nouveau movement also opposes to the use of the machine; however, not as harsh as the Arts and Crafts Movement. People started to accept the invention of machines. Same as“The Arts and Crafts Movement”, Art Nouveau designers totally give up on the old classic style of Victorianism and develop a new natural style by using simple forms. Moreover, because of the impact on nature, which there are no straight lines and planes, artists focus more on curves and organic form. Therefore, we could see many decorations and interior stairs from Art Nouveau were curvy lines instead of straight lines. One more distinctive element of Art Nouveau is that more and more materials like glass were discovered and used in artform such as …show more content…

This house reveals all the concept of Arts and Crafts Movement which are simple, natural and practical. The materials of this building are red brick, tile roof and natural materials which make the connection to nature. Also, the exterior wall did not add any complex decoration, it remains the look of red brick which achieve the idea of simple and honesty. The other example of “Art Nouveau Movement” is Casa Milà by Antoni Gaudi. Unlike the Red House, Casa Milà uses all curvy lines and angels instead of straight lines which accomplish the idea of using nature as for

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