Art Nouveau vs Arts and Crafts
アール・ヌーヴォー / アーツ・アンド・クラフツ
Curved ornament drawn from plants in the same years, hard to tell apart as wallpaper or as a border in a book.
How to tell them apart. Arts and Crafts repeats a pattern that is symmetrical left to right. Art Nouveau runs one line that never repeats.
Art Nouveau
Joins letters, figures and ornament into one flowing, plant-like line.
Arts and Crafts
Returns material and handwork to the center of design, joining every detail of daily life under one conviction.
| Art Nouveau | Arts and Crafts | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1890s–1910s | 1860s–1910s |
| Family | Historical Styles | Craft Movements |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Botanical curves / Ornamental frames / Female figures / Muted natural colors | Repeating plants / Flat contours / Density of handwork / Colors from nature |
| Best used for | Speaking of craft and handwork · Leading with beauty and narrative | Honesty for long-lived tools and household brands · Uniting pattern, letter and material in one story |
| Type | Curvilinear serifs or hand lettering | Serifs or ornamented letters that feel hand-cut |
| Composition | Vertical formats, frame compositions, a central figure | Repeat plants and creatures with the seams hidden |
| Material | Dusty greens and gold, line work, paper texture | Deep indigo, plant-dye tones, off-white; keep the texture of paper and cloth |
| Caution | Stock vine ornaments stay superficial. Carry the line through the whole composition. | A floral print alone loses the conviction. Align material, making and a structure that lasts. |