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Black and White Art Nouveau Flower
This necklace was created specifically for the Etsy Beadweavers Challenge for March 2011. It represents my interpretation of the delicacy and art of the Art Nouveau Period...especially the inclusion of the floral theme that was prevalent during this period.. The style of Art Nouveau jewelry was a radical change from the somberness and adherence to strict rules which characterized both French and English jewellery in the 1860's and 1870's. There were few restrictions in the design of Nouveau jewelry. The most common motifs incorporated nature and life forms, orchids, lilies, irises, ferns, snakes, dragonflies, animal and human forms. . The rebellion against the strict customs of the Victorian and Edwardian periods released an incredible out-pouring of creative energy that not only produced pieces of subtle beauty but also touched the sublime and the mystical. No longer would a piece of jewelry be a mere adornment, now it became a part one's soul.
Black and White Art Nouveau Flower
This necklace was created specifically for the Etsy Beadweavers Challenge for March 2011. It represents my interpretation of the delicacy and art of the Art Nouveau Period...especially the inclusion of the floral theme that was prevalent during this period.. The style of Art Nouveau jewelry was a radical change from the somberness and adherence to strict rules which characterized both French and English jewellery in the 1860's and 1870's. There were few restrictions in the design of Nouveau jewelry. The most common motifs incorporated nature and life forms, orchids, lilies, irises, ferns, snakes, dragonflies, animal and human forms. . The rebellion against the strict customs of the Victorian and Edwardian periods released an incredible out-pouring of creative energy that not only produced pieces of subtle beauty but also touched the sublime and the mystical. No longer would a piece of jewelry be a mere adornment, now it became a part one's soul.