Art Nouveau vs Bakst Stage Design
アール・ヌーヴォー / バクストの舞台美術
Art Nouveau comes from Historical Styles and Bakst Stage Design from Stage Design. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.
Art Nouveau
Joins letters, figures and ornament into one flowing, plant-like line.
Bakst Stage Design
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Sets and costumes rebuilt as a painter's single picture. Jewel-deep colors laid over one another, with swirling curves and orientalist pattern drawing the dancing body itself into the design.
| Art Nouveau | Bakst Stage Design | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1890s–1910s | 1909-1914 |
| Family | Historical Styles | Stage Design |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Botanical curves / Ornamental frames / Female figures / Muted natural colors | Combinations of jewel deep color / Pattern laid over pattern in the costumes / Swirling Art Nouveau curves / Orientalist headdresses and loose trousers |
| Best used for | Speaking of craft and handwork · Leading with beauty and narrative | Setting design and costume first, as the leading element of a production · Making one performance an event remembered through its color |
| Type | Curvilinear serifs or hand lettering | Programme and curtain from the same hand, lettering matched to the sets |
| Composition | Vertical formats, frame compositions, a central figure | Treat the backdrop as flat pattern and let costume movement supply depth |
| Material | Dusty greens and gold, line work, paper texture | Saturated dyed fabric, gold and silver, oriental motifs at large scale |
| Caution | Stock vine ornaments stay superficial. Carry the line through the whole composition. | Adding colors and patterns without deciding the contrast between set and costume dissolves the dancer into the backdrop and the movement disappears. |