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MUCHA IN CHINA: Eine atemberaubend schöne Mucha-Ausstellung in Shanghai
Ausstellung: Mucha Datum: 30. März bis 21. Juli 2019 Museum: Das Pearl Art Museum in Shanghai, China Der untenstehende Text ist ein Auszug aus dem Buch Alfons Mucha von Patrick Bade und Victoria Charles, herausgegeben von Parkstone International. Die üppige Theatralik des zentraleuropäischen Barock mit seinem prächtigen, mit vielen Rundungen versehenen und von der Natur inspirierten Dekor regte ohne Zweifel Muchas Fantasie an und nährte seine dauerhafte Vorliebe für „Glocken und Gerüche“ sowie religiöse Gegenstände. Auf dem Höhepunkt seines Ruhmes beschrieb jemand sein Atelier als„… eine säkulare Kapelle … hier und dort stehen Trennwände, bei denen es sich gut um Beichtstühle handeln könnte; und die ganze Zeit brennt Weihrauch. Es erinnert mehr an die…
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MUCHA MEETS CHINA: A Breathtakingly Beautiful Mucha Exhibition in Shanghai
Exhibition: Mucha Date: 2019.03.30-07.21 Venue: Pearl Art Museum, Shanghai, China. The text below is the excerpt of the book Alphonse Mucha, written by Patrick Bade and Victoria Charles, published by Parkstone International. This article is the continuation of part 1, which can be read here. The luxurious theatricality of Central European Baroque with its lush curvilinear and nature-inspired decoration undoubtedly coloured his imagination and inspired a taste for “smells and bells” and religious paraphernalia that remained with him throughout his life. At the height of his fame, his studio was described as being like a “secular chapel… screens placed here and there, that could well be confessionals; and then incense burning all…
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Gallé: Time’s Fragility
Exhibition: A Passionate Eye for Japanese Art. Japonisme in Emile Gallé’s Work Date: 3 April 2017 – 31 March 2018 Venue: Kitazawa Museum of Art During the end of the 19th century, Western Europe experienced a great rebirth and reinvigoration in decorative arts, with a focus on the imitation of nature. In fact, in the 1860s, vital scientific works (by Haeckel, Kommode, Blossfeldt, etc.) were published, offering the new art a repertoire of forms, and directing it towards a path of modernity. At the same time, a taste for Japanese art started to develop, seen through personalities such as Hayashi Tadamasa, an art dealer, who set up residence in France,…
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1000 Chefs-d’œuvre des arts décoratifs : du Trésor de Toutânkhamon à l’Empire State Building
Il est courant d’amalgamer les arts décoratifs avec les mouvements Art Déco et Art Nouveau. Ces derniers, s’ils sont associés aux arts décoratifs, proviennent d’esthétiques apparues à la fin du XIXe siècle. Les arts décoratifs, en revanche, existent depuis des générations. Les arts décoratifs correspondent aux arts qui embellissent les objets de la vie quotidienne, les objets dits fonctionnels. Ils s’opposent ainsi aux Beaux-Arts puisque la finalité de ces objets n’est pas d’être admirée dans un musée. À l’origine, ils ont un usage bien précis. Les disciplines de l’artisanat – l’orfèvrerie, l’ébénisterie, la tapisserie, la céramique d’art – sont sollicitées par les arts décoratifs. Les artistes façonnent des objets en…
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Glamour e moderno
Il “gusto per il bello” è una delle cose più vecchie al mondo. Da tutti tempi ci è piaciuto essere circondato da belle cose. Si potrebbe dire che tutto ha comminciato con gli Egiziani per i quali le decorazioni erano essenziali. Oro, pietre preciose, gioielli, mura dipinte sono degli elementi che provavano la richezza del faraone. Questo “fenomeno” si è sviluppato ancora di più durante il Medioevo e la qualità ornamentale è diventata quasi necessaria. Il compito di abbellire il mobile, i tessuti, di illustrare le pagine dei libri, le cose di uso pratico cresce. Durante il Rinascimento, le arti decorative sono associate alle attività artigianali e differenziate dalle arti…
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