APW - Alphonse Mucha (513 hits)
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Submitted by kaos-king (antius777) (View user info) at 2007-06-27 09:17:55 EDT
From the MuchaMuseum.com
Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) is most often remembered for the prominent role he played in shaping the aesthetics of French Art Nouveau at the turn of the century. As a struggling and relatively unknown artist of Czech origin living in Paris, Mucha achieved immediate fame when, in December 1894, he accepted a commission to create a poster for one of the greatest actresses of this time, Sarah Bernhardt. Though the printer was apprehensive about submitting Mucha´s final design because of its new unconventional style, Bernhardt loved it and so did the public. ´Le style Mucha´, as Art Nouveau was known in its earliest days, was born. The success of that first poster brought a 6 years contract between Bernhardt and Mucha and in the following years his work for her and others included costumes and stage decorations, designs for magazines and book covers, jewellery and furniture and numerous posters. Mucha returned to Czechoslovakia in 1910, where he dedicated the remainder of his life to the production of a an epic series of 20 paintings depicting the history of the Slav people, the "Slav Epic."
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-06-29 22:41:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-06-29 22:17:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-06-27 18:38:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I really really really really really really hate art post wednesday. but i liked this.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-06-27 16:34:24 EDT (#)
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**shakes fist at Hot Pocket in jealous rage**
Submitted by hot_pocket (user info) at 2007-06-27 16:31:52 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/99700
in bmp tho
Submitted by Barnymeinhoff (user info) at 2007-06-27 16:19:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
my next 2 tattoos are going to be of his work.
beautiful
Submitted by Susie_Derkins (user info) at 2007-06-27 11:32:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Love this style.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:58:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by czwij (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:58:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
cant walk around prague without tripping over this stuff left, right and centre.
im jaded.
oh and kafka is a real drag.
boringest fuck ever to put pen to paper.
way cooler is the serious toonage of Dvorak and Smetana.
now that moves mountains
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:53:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:26:45 EDT (#)
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All my 'better' work is here...
http://antius777.deviantart.com
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:22:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Neat. I likes me art. Especially when it has ladies in it
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:22:49 EDT (#)
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cuz i haven't done any in at least a year and a half.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:21:38 EDT (#)
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I've STILL never seen any of your work...
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:18:40 EDT (#)
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i like the harsh outline and soft filling in, but that might be just cuz that's how i draw.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:17:31 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:13:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-06-27 09:48:44 EDT (#)
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Hey Katy, I love that picture of you, BTW.
I've always loved this style but never really knew much about it until just recently.
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there's a bunch of collection books i read, year's best fantasy and horror. up until the last two i believe they had this guy do the cover art much in the same mucha did. one of the reasons i bought the books instead of just borrowing from the library was because i loved his art work. of course it was a little more macabre than this stuff is, but very much along the lines of this style. i keep meaning to try my hand at this look but then i realize i'm lazy.
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It's all very reminescent of Gustav Klimt's latter work, which I love. It's so wonderfully iconic and illustrative. I especially like the extended length of the portrait positioned pieces. It gives them an extra sense of fragility.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:13:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-06-27 09:48:44 EDT (#)
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Hey Katy, I love that picture of you, BTW.
I've always loved this style but never really knew much about it until just recently.
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there's a bunch of collection books i read, year's best fantasy and horror. up until the last two i believe they had this guy do the cover art much in the same mucha did. one of the reasons i bought the books instead of just borrowing from the library was because i loved his art work. of course it was a little more macabre than this stuff is, but very much along the lines of this style. i keep meaning to try my hand at this look but then i realize i'm lazy.
Submitted by Wompom (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:09:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That's some really good stuff!
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:06:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:03:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
It's not often APW gets a positive rating out of me.
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Seriously though... this stuff is just neat, innit???
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2007-06-27 10:03:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
It's not often APW gets a positive rating out of me.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2007-06-27 09:54:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Not really into all that. Still, talent though.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-06-27 09:52:35 EDT (#)
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Sico... WHAT???
Submitted by Flapjacksupreme (user info) at 2007-06-27 09:50:45 EDT (#)
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I have shit as girthy as a tuna can. Sad, but true.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-06-27 09:48:44 EDT (#)
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Hey Katy, I love that picture of you, BTW.
I've always loved this style but never really knew much about it until just recently.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-06-27 09:46:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
ooooh tahts' what my myspace picture was done in.
Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-06-27 09:21:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I really should be working, not looking at this crap