The decoration of decorative arts has the following main features:
1. Brilliant sunshine and fountain form: symbolizing the dawn of a new era.
2. The lines of the retreating outline of skyscrapers: the symbol of the twentieth century.
3. Symbol of speed, strength and flight: the new development of transportation.
4. Geometry: It symbolizes that machinery and technology have solved our problems.
5. New female image: It reveals that women have won the right to freedom in society.
6. Unconventional forms: based on jazz, short skirts and short hair, shocking dances and so on.
7. The form of ancient culture: the imagination of ancient civilizations such as Egypt and Central America.
8. Bright and contrasting colors
The Art Nouveau movement advocates using highly programmed natural elements as creative inspiration and resources to expand "natural" elements, such as seaweed, grass and insects. Accordingly, it began to widely use organic forms and curves, especially flowers or plants. An important fact is that the Art Nouveau movement did not deny the role of machines like other movements (such as arts and crafts movement), but gave full play to its advantages. According to the materials used (mainly glass and wrought iron), the architectural style can also be found in exquisite quality.
Arts and crafts sports style
Style: Pursuing natural patterns and Gothic style.
Features: 1. Emphasize handicrafts and oppose mechanized mass production. 2. Anti-Victorian and other classical and traditional revival styles. 3. Promote Gothic style. 4. Pay attention to simplicity and sincerity. 5. Decorate with naturalism, oriental decoration and oriental art features.