Art Nouveau vs Ballets Russes
アール・ヌーヴォー / バレエ・リュス
Art Nouveau comes from Historical Styles and Ballets Russes from Stage Design. Both are read here as style. 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.
Ballets Russes
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Diaghilev's company made artists the stars: Bakst's saturated color and orientalism, Picasso's and Goncharova's avant-garde flowed from the stage into fashion and design.
| Art Nouveau | Ballets Russes | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1890s–1910s | 1909–1929 |
| Family | Historical Styles | Stage Design |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Botanical curves / Ornamental frames / Female figures / Muted natural colors | Saturated color / Orientalist costume / Stages by painters / Performance as total art |
| 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. |