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The vienna secession values12/17/2023 ![]() Architecture, painting and sculpture, all disciplines should form an entire objet d'art. It was decided to approve objects of outstanding individuality, great value was put on the exclusive and exquisite craftsmanship - a clear aim was to establish a form of high-quality production in contrast to mass production. William Morris (1834-1896) and his movement Arts and Crafts can be regarded as an important forerunner for the Jugendstil. But one can also notify tendencies against massproduction, especially in Great Britain, the country of the origin of Industrialisation. In the course of the Industrialisation, traditional craft lost its importance and had to leave its place to the cheaper massproduction. One must say, that the term "Art Nouveau" (New Art) reflects the mood of the turn of the century in the best way, which was to leave tradition behind and to set out for new goals.īut as for other artistic developments, the roots are also in this case manifold: 1. Having chosen this name, we find the connection to the expression "Art Nouveau". ![]() In the same year the dealer Siegfried Bing founded a shop for objets d'art in Paris, called "Maison de l'Art Nouveau". This magazine was very much appreciated and in that way gave the name to the artistic movement Jugendstil. The magazine "Die Jugend" was published in 1896 in Munich - it was a magazine specially for avant-garde artists of that time. There are different explanations about the origin of the term Jugendstil. Jugendstil, Art Nouveau (about 1900 - 1920)
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