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Subject: OT: trying to identify a style of art


replicand ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2008 at 7:41 PM · edited Wed, 13 November 2024 at 10:26 PM

 This will sound really crazy, but I'm trying to identify a particular style of art. It is very stylized, possibly late Victoria / early 20th century. A night sky with gold stars, with a personified crescent moon. This style can be commonly seen on gift wrapping paper (or at a store that sells art paper) though I have also seen it on a timepiece. Robin Williams' daughter in "What Dreams May Come" has a diorama in this style. If this makes any sense at all and you can point me to an example, I'd be very grateful.


Gareee ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2008 at 7:58 PM

Art Nouveau

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replicand ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2008 at 8:25 PM

 I'm not sure if art nouveau is what I'm looking for. The examples I've seen to far are too "bohemian" or "egyptian" looking.


jeffg3 ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2008 at 8:35 PM · edited Sat, 05 April 2008 at 8:37 PM

Check out a style called "Symbolism"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolism_(arts)

or "Magic Realism"


Gareee ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2008 at 8:45 PM · edited Sat, 05 April 2008 at 8:48 PM

Sounded like Alfons Mucha to me...

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replicand ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2008 at 8:50 PM

 Hmm. Symbolism reminds me too much of romanticism mixed with surrealism.


replicand ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2008 at 9:02 PM

file_403585.gif

 OK, I typed "solar system renaissance" into google. This image, I guess<, would be an earlier, less refined version of what I'm looking for.


ockham ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2008 at 9:08 PM

How about Henri Rousseau?

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scanmead ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2008 at 9:20 PM

I'm going to second Gareee and ockham and go with Art Nouveau. Very stylized, a lot of Egyptian influence and gold. Might be late Victorian, but sounds more Art Nouveau.


CuriousGeorge ( ) posted Sat, 05 April 2008 at 10:46 PM

It looks like a neopagan-style of art which goes back to the early 1900's in england (tarot cards).


replicand ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2008 at 12:20 AM

file_403587.jpg

 This is nearly exactly what I'm looking for. This time I used the key words "celestial moon star" with celtic as a wildcard. I will investigate art nouveau in greater depth, but I still feel it has too much of a "hooka" vibe.


ShawnDriscoll ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2008 at 1:35 AM

The Shaker style began the use of gold stars on grandfather clock moon dials.

www.youtube.com/user/ShawnDriscollCG


scanmead ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2008 at 9:27 AM

Ah! I see wizard clothing in the future! That is a little hard to classify... the Z Gallerie furniture stores used to sell items like that, but not a clue what style you'd call it.


replicand ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2008 at 9:44 AM

 Upon further consideration, I think I am looking for art nouveau moon dials. Thanks all.


rofocale ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2008 at 11:48 AM

Could be the Pre-Raphaelistic era, that you are looking for, judging from the pic you attached.
But they were "playing" around the 1850´s.


SeanMartin ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2008 at 11:58 AM

The "solar system renaissance" image is actually from the Middle Ages, a portrayal of the "spheres of the universe".

I think what you're looking for, actually, is a style of art from the early to mid 1960s, when the moon face and star thing was a big craze. It had a very Romantic-era feel about itself, but at the same time it was also tied to imagery from artists like Peter Max (in his pre-psychedelic days).

docandraider.com -- the collected cartoons of Doc and Raider


replicand ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2008 at 12:15 PM · edited Sun, 06 April 2008 at 12:16 PM

It is difficult to find Peter Max images that are not psychedelic. Overall his feel is a little too modern.

PalaOddiRaffaello (ca. 1500 I think) was sort of close, and I wish there were more examples of what 1850s artists were doing in the same style because that sounds like what I'm looking for.


rofocale ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2008 at 12:36 PM

Then "google" for the following artists below :
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Arthur Hughes, Ford Madox Brown and of course the outstanding : John William Waterhouse.


Gareee ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2008 at 2:01 PM

My art school history lessons serve me well...

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SeanMartin ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2008 at 5:11 PM

Attached Link: http://www.jandofabrics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=spa00011

The sun is a bit disingenuous, but the moon and stars might be close?

docandraider.com -- the collected cartoons of Doc and Raider


ShawnDriscoll ( ) posted Sun, 06 April 2008 at 6:10 PM

Lipstick on Suns. he he

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