Last week io9 has a lovely little bit on the history of Art Nouveau and then posted some geeky heroes done in that particular style. So I did some digging and found out that Art Nouveu (French for “new art”) is a curvaceous, organic, and floral style of art. Today’s art is greatly inspired by a poster of Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939). His influence is seen today on fan art, posters, and even Googles Doodles. Museums have dedicated whole areas to the theme, a style that influences all areas of art and life, not just geeky hero drawings. Check out the museum stuff here. Speaking of Big Damn Heroes, you can now pre-order Firefly Art Nouveau prints here. [via io9]
And of Course some Doctor Who ones of The Companions!!
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I just did a similar round up here:
http://macguffinandpuffin.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/art-nouveau-slave-leia-sinful-disney-princesses-and-more/
and another one here
http://macguffinandpuffin.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/firefly-and-battlestar-go-art-nouveau-treatment-a-japanese-woodblock-cyberman-battle-and-doctor-who-meets-le-petite-prince/
I’m loving all this art nouveau stuff!
Rock on
MacGuffin
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