Thursday, February 2, 2023

Art Nouveau flower tiles

Art Nouveau or Jugendstil is an art style that was practiced from 1890 and abruptly stopped with the start of World War 1 in 1914. 
Art Noveau was mainly applied to everyday products (furniture, glassware, jewelry), in architecture, graphic art and painting. Artists were inspired by nature: patterns with birds, flowers, plants, clouds, rocks, women. Graceful moving lines express emotion.
Famous Art Nouveau artists are Alphonse Mucha,  Gustav Klimt, Gaudi, Berlage. 

What do you need?

  1. colored folding sheets 10 by 10 cm
  2. pencil
  3. scissors and glue 
  4. colored construction paper 30 by 20 cm

Instruction
Show pictures of  Art Nouveau tiles with organic shapes of flowers and plants and discuss them.  Tell students they are going to build a little wall of tiles in Art Nouveau style. 

What should you do?

  1. Choose three colors folding sheets. 
  2. Cut flowers or another organic shape. You'll use the leftovers too. 
  3. Make a composition on the construction paper and glue all the parts on it. 

Artworks made by students of grade 2.

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