Vienna Secession
ウィーン分離派 / 1897–1910s / Style / Fin de Siècle Art
Tightens organic ornament with geometry and flat composition, erasing the border between art and design.
At a glance
Visual cues
- Square skeletons
- Repeating pattern
- Gold and black
- Flattened figures and plants
Best used for
- Intelligent ornament for cultural venues and premium goods
- Showing the tension between classical and modern
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- Tall serifs or geometric hand-lettering
- Composition
- Build on the square and a central axis; gather imagery at the top
- Material
- Off-white, black, gold; control fine repetition with large margins
- Caution
- Don't lump it with Art Nouveau's plant curves. Keep the straight line, the grid, the flatness.
- Further study
- Alfred Roller / Koloman Moser / Vienna Secession
Related entries
- Art Nouveau (アール・ヌーヴォー)Shared effects: Luxury.Compare Vienna Secession and Art Nouveau
- Art Deco (アール・デコ)Shared effects: Luxury.Compare Vienna Secession and Art Deco
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- Cloisonnism (クロワゾニスム)Shared effects: Luxury / Calm.
- Les Nabis (ナビ派)Shared effects: Luxury.
- Symbolism (象徴主義)Shared effects: Luxury.
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