The name is derived from the name of some gallery or exhibition or something like that. Basically heavy duty, expensive hand made crap for rich people with good taste.Р”Р„rt Nouveau: Started in France. Think Frank Lloyd Wright and Newcomb College Pottery. The proportions are usually more down to earth, not meant to dwarf a person. The solidity, strength are considered virtues. Instead of hiding beams, supports, joins and other elements of construction, the designers would instead show them off. The radically new idea was to take away most of decoration, but at the same time turn structural elements into decorations. Simple bordering on austere designs, natural materials, muted colors, handmade look. Their motto was something to the tune of РІР‚Сљturn artists into craftsmen and craftsmen into artistsРІР‚Сњ. A bunch of designers and architects were pissed off by the poor quality and gaudiness of early mass produced things. I bet itРІР‚в„ўs all because they are supposed to be celibate.Р”Р„rts and Crafts: Started in Great Britain. Although great designers and craftsmen, there are very few Shakers remaining.

Genuine Shaker items are very expensive, but these days many manufacturers make shaker style furniture and kitchen cabinets. I canРІР‚в„ўt distinguish Shaker Style from Arts and Crafts, and indeed they are very similar. In fact they are a splinter of the Quaker movement, and were called shaking Quakers because their praying during which they shook. Shaker Style: Shakers are a now mostly extinct religious sect. This is a sort of a mental cheat sheet that I have (embellished with links, of course): Why I like these styles? Well, itРІР‚в„ўs because I think that they have just the right proportion of beauty and utility. There is Art Deco, Art Modern, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts and Shaker style. Here, in America, I learned about different art movements of the beginning of the century. My dad explained to me about Art Deco style. The building was rather old, yet depicted on the plaques were an airplane, a light bulb, a telegraph key and I think a radio. The only decoration on the building were relief plaques. But then IРІР‚в„ўve seen a rather plain building with rounded, yet also soaring shapes. I really liked the soaring feeling of gothic churches. For a while I really favored the Gothic style. I did that in my native city of Odessa, Ukraine and on the trips to Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev. I read books about architecture, and one of my favorite pastimes was trying to tell the architectural style of any buildings I saw. When I was in my teens, I wanted to become an architect.

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