AKIVIA BOOK LIBERTY STYLE TEXTURES 1
From ART & CRAFTS to LIBERTY, from
LIBERTY to ART DECO Change through mutation, change through
breaking.
IMPRESSIONISM and the VICTORIAN
DECORATIVISM expressed in large part by ART & CRAFTS are two faces of the
same need: to change the vision of the stereotype of verism. The first through
the breaking up of every detail and the sheer visual sensation, the second
retracing every detail in a schematic way, closer to the possibilities of
realization of artisanal processes and production.
These answers seem poles apart but they are
the simpler replies than both painting and design give to the same problem and
the wish for change.
These two initial starting points will mark
the further development for each of the two disciplines, subject to the same
feeling and the same attempt to break free from classical schemes and find a
freedom of expression never before known.
Painting will proceed through many
"isms" and many incredible figurative hypotheses while Design will
find the synthesis of nature nearest to the geometric requirements of
production, embracing linear curve forms , soft and pleasing to the eye: it is the
birth of ART NOUVEAU also known as LIBERTY.
It is a form of synthetic naturalism where
geometric schemes are the basis of the projects on which precise lines move in
curves embracing each other in a constant tangle without any end or escape.
All artifacts will adapt to these soft
developments but especially the designs used for clothing and for interior home
decor.
The colours used are also adopted from this
naturalistic fashion: from the greens and reds of autumn to the blues and pale
turquoises of dawn. The tones and gradations used have a softness that agrees
well with the forms. Although sometimes a colour lights up it still remains
wrapped in scales of dusty or pastel colours.
This style developed for about 25-30 years
at the turn of the new century and evolved until the breaking point when
Geometry, representing the new tendency, took the upper hand on Nature and
forms became more decisive and in contrast with each other. It will be the
beginning of a new period: ART DECO.
Highlights:
- Designs for any product and surface
- 200 Modular Patterns
- All vector files saved in Illustrator CS4 in flat colors and CMYK
- Free to use in accordance with the copyright terms