February 15th

Just to start off, i've gotta say that today was, for whatever reason, just not easy to pay attention, the information was smacking me in the face with no real absorption, so heres the notes on what I got from the class....


So there's Rudolf Koch, a german typographic artist inspired by William Morris
he held the alphabet in very high regards
created "Nueland" typeface designed to be the pinnacle of German typography
created a variety of gothic faces as well, used heavily in Germany
twist in his story?
His German typefaces used heavily in African and Caribbean printing 
Today most often seen on the decals and tattoos of minorities 


Art nouveau inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement 
Becomes lead by more younger artists and due to this takes on a more risque visage and becomes uncensored in a way, very edgy stuff


Jules Cheret- father of the modern poster
Created a series of posters in 1900, sold for a large sum of money
You typically see a central female figure surrounded by movement, activity and typography
inspired by the work of loutrec for Moulin Rouge


Jules rival is Eugine Grasset
has a coloring book style to his work, with heavy black lines and flat panels of color

The Studio a popular magazine in 1893 centered around the graphic arts and illustration

highlights work of Aubrey Beardsley

also inspired by William Morris

Yellow Book- magazine for the excessive

High contrast illustrations that are reminiscent of wood block prints

very shocking

Alfonz Mocha- illustrator working in paris- 1890's

worked on thin vertical posters

designs are all very pragmatic

richly illustrated with a lot of texture

tiles, floral in the hair, volume, all the while being a flat articulation

Louis Reid & Will Bradley are the two leading practitioners of Art Nouveau inspired design in America.

Reid embraces pattern and panels of vibrant colors.

Henry Vandevelde- painter, architect, and designer

Draws influence from a variety of sources

japanese prints, art nouveau, arts & crafts together

title pages and poster design

"Jugend" (german for "youth")- magazine for younger society- young people style 

Peter Behrens- member of the jugend group 

known for multicolor woodblock prints 

"the kiss"- mysterious subjects, 2 figures kissing, but their sex is unkown

Characteristics of the glasgow school-

geometric

curved elements

rectilinear structure

symbolism

stylized