Gustav Klimt
A close look at Rhythm and
Pattern in Painting
Art Nouveau
• An international style of decoration and
architecture which developed in the 1880s and
1890s.
• The name derives from the Maison de l'Art
Nouveau, an interior design gallery opened in
Paris in 1896.
• "In design Art Nouveau was characterized by
writhing plant forms and an opposition to the
historicism which had plagued the 19th century.”
Gustav Klimt
• (1862-1918)
• Klimt was a Viennese artist.
• Klimt took from the Art Nouveau
movement but his images were rooted
in the Symbolist movement; images
represent a concept or idea.
• Klimt often used pattern with little
change in shade or tint to show space.