In the last post on Art Nouveau, we met Christina Rossetti, the sister of Dante, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. The Pre-Raphaelites were revolutionary for their time. … Read more Sir John Everett Millais – The Controversy Begins →
“Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground.” Christina Rossetti Every Christmas, I listen to In the Bleak Mid-Winter, never realizing the connection to Art Nouveau and the Pre-Raphaelites. That… Read more Dante’s Kid Sister – Christina →
“I can paint and draw. I believe this myself and a few other people say that they believe this too. But I’m not certain of whether it’s true.” Gustav Klimt… Read more Art Nouveau – Gustav Klimt →
“Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.” Antoni Gaudí December 2007, I travelled to Barcelona to experience Antoni… Read more Happy Birthday, Antoni Gaudí! →
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” William Morris William Morris (March 24, 1834 – October 3, 1896) was… Read more Art Nouveau – William Morris & Medieval Knights →
“I have tried to do what is true and not ideal.” Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Siegfried Bing was a businessman; he came from a family of trade. Born in Hamburg, Germany… Read more Art Nouveau – Bing & the Defining Moment →
“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” Oscar Wilde The year was 1893. The Studio, a new illustrated magazine of fine and… Read more Art Nouveau: Salome, Oscar, Aubrey & The Yellow Book →
“Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts – the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.” John Ruskin The Belgian journal… Read more Art Nouveau: Ideas Inspire Innovation →
