Art History Post - Diana Saintilme

    The art movement that I feel most connected to my work is the Art Deco Movement. The Art Deco Movement was a French art movement that lasted from 1900-1945 before World War I. Some of the main visual characteristics of Art Deco are the repetitive use of geometric shapes and the use of a bold vibrant color palette. Similar to Art Nouveau, the art movement before it, Art Deco also wanted to break away from traditional art styles and create a new modern style. However, instead of using organic forms like Art Nouveau, it used more geometric, structured forms inspired by modern machinery.

    The Art Deco movement is an art movement that I always tend to find inspiration from because of how much I like the art style. The structured, geometric style of the Art Deco movement is something that I like to have in my works. I personally like my works to have some kind of structure to it and I also prefer using geometric shapes over organic shapes. I feel like using familiar geometric shapes would send the message of my work more clearly than if I were to use organic shapes. The reason I am drawn to this movement is because I love the structured appeal of it. It is both visually appealing and the works are structured in a way that allows me to follow along and understand the message.

    Some artworks from the Art Deco movement that are directly inspired by work are some of the drawings from Hugh Ferriss’s “The Metropolis of Tomorrow” book. The Metropolis of Tomorrow is a book that contains charcoal drawings drawn by Hugh Ferriss that depicts the future of city planning. The draws are the structure of city buildings in perspective. One work of my own that relates to these drawings is my “City (Intersection)” poster. My poster depicts the view of city buildings at an intersection. I created the buildings at an angle that would give it a sense of 3d perspective.

Drawing from Hugh Ferriss "The Metropolis of Tomorrow"

My work "City (Intersection)"