Alphonse Mucha: Celebrating the Creation of the Mucha Museum, Prague
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Born in 1860 in a village in Moravia, Alphonse Mucha was catapulted into fame when he made his first poster for Sarah Bernhardt in 1895. He became one of the most celebrated Art Nouveau artists in fin-de-siècle Paris and his appealing poster images with their sinuous lines, pastel colors, and teeming decorative motifs have become icons of the period.
Mucha put his inspiration to the service of a great number of objects and materials, creating publicity posters, jewelry, and designs for furniture and tableware and establishing a decorative repertoire with universal appeal.
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Beschrijving
Born in 1860 in a village in Moravia, Alphonse Mucha was catapulted into fame when he made his first poster for Sarah Bernhardt in 1895. He became one of the most celebrated Art Nouveau artists in fin-de-siècle Paris and his appealing poster images with their sinuous lines, pastel colors, and teeming decorative motifs have become icons of the period.
Mucha put his inspiration to the service of a great number of objects and materials, creating publicity posters, jewelry, and designs for furniture and tableware and establishing a decorative repertoire with universal appeal.
Mucha believed that art could have a positive influence on every aspect of life and he wanted his work to transmit a message of peace and harmony in which the beautiful and the good are intimately bound. This idealistic philosophy, implicit in his decorative works, is explicit in his other creations – historical paintings, allegories, and symbolist scenes.
A large part of this book is dedicated to this as yet undiscovered aspect of Mucha’s work.
Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was een van de beroemdste vertegenwoordigers van de Art Nouveau. In deze tijd, waarin de belangstelling voor de kunst van het fin de siècle weer toeneemt, brengt dit boek hulde aan een kunstenaar wiens overbekende creaties ons beeld van de Art Nouveau hebben bepaald en die, nu wij het totale spectrum van zijn artistieke activiteiten kunnen overzien, veel meer blijkt dan slechts een begaafde afficheschilder.
Wat weinigen weten, is dat Mucha zich zeer aangetrokken voelde tot de esoterische aspecten van de vrijmetselarij. Hij werd in 1898 opgenomen in de vrijmetselaarsloge van Parijs. De invloed van de vrijmetselaarssymboliek is in zijn werk overal herkenbaar, met name in het boek Le Pater.
Product details
Publisher : Mucha Limited; Paperback edition (January 1, 2000)
Language : English
Paperback : 159 pages
In zeer goede staat. Achterflap binnenkant heeft vouw (zie foto’s). Hardcover met stofomslag. Rijkelijk geïllustreerd
