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I posted it in the hallway in the art building.

The Graphic Art of Alphonse Mucha Exhibit at UWF

I really enjoyed seeing all of those works of art by Alphonse Mucha from Dr. Rowe's collection in person. The detail is amazing! There is a lot that you don't "get" from seeing it on a computer screen. I picked three of my favorites and could have picked more. I chose these for the detail in general and the detail in the hair and the clothing. I really liked the color in the Champenois 1899 Menu at the bottom and the extreme detail in the November 1899 magazine cover at the top.

The Big Deal About Alphonse Mucha

Monaco Monte Carlo

Dance 1898

Spring 1896


Alphonse Mucha had an impact on different areas of art. He impacted Art Nouveau in a big way. Art Nouveau pretty much started with Alphonse Mucha. Initially it was called Style Mucha or Mucha Style, but soon became known as Art Nouveau. Not only did he draw and paint, but he did advertisements. He was the principle advertiser of the actress Sarah Bernhardt in Paris. An impact he made on graphic design was a self-published handbook of designs for artists. It contained a large variety of "graphic motifs, botanic studies, and designs for articles of jewelry, tableware, and furniture." Most of his motifs incorporated a lot of "fantastical elements of hypnotic lines and Neo-Egyptian ornamentation."

Theo van Doesburg

Theo van Doesburg's Composition I (1916) is very different from his other works of art that I found. He uses a lot of geometric shapes in his artwork, but they are usually rectangular and not spherical. I chose these three works of art of his because they are so different from his others as well as the one that I chose in my first blog post. In Composition I, I like his use of colors, plus the fact that when I look at it, it either looks like a tree form with objects on it or as if I'm seeing objects within the tree. His use of the element of form, shape and space helps him achieve the principle of proportion giving his painting the illusion of either seeing the outside of the form or seeing objects within the form.


In Composition in Gray (1919), he uses the elements of line, pattern, and texture to achieve the principle of balance and unity. I like how he uses gray scale instead of color. I like the way he shades it and gives it a three dimensional feel. To me, it looks like woven pieces of sheet metal. I think that because of all of this, it is a very cool and interesting piece of artwork.


In Composition IX (1920), Theo van Doesburg uses the elements of line and pattern to achieve the principle of balance. I like this work of art because I like geometric shapes and I like how the groupings of stair step rectangles give the painting depth.

Max Ernst

In, Terre Ecossaise, 1935, Max Ernst uses the element of line to achieve the principle of balance in this painting. I love the colors that he used and the surreal landscape.


In his painting, Europe After the Rain, 1942, he uses the element of color to achieve the principle of emphasis. Each section of the painting is emphasized with a different color and he puts the brightest and the darkest color just off center. I like the detail and the warm colors.

I could not find the name for this Max Ernst painting, but I LOVE it the most. He uses the element of pattern and texture to achieve the principle of rhythm.

Guillaume Apollinaire- Calligrammes

These three works that Guillaume Apollinaire created that he refers to as Calligrammes were all said to be created around 1915.

This first one is called "Cheval". I think that it is just beautiful the way he captured the look and movement of the horse with just the placement of words.






























This second one is called "L'oiseau et Le Bouquet". The group of flowers along with the bird look so pretty and I like the lines that he added in this one. I feel that with this subject being a little more delicate than the horse in the first one, that the lines are needed to give the picture he created a bit more stability.































This third calligramme is called "Eiffel". In this one he does not add any lines like he did in the previous one, but like in his "Cheval", I do not think that lines are needed. I like the way he wrote on the bottom right side of this piece even though I am not sure what it is. I just find it interesting.

In all three of these calligrammes as with the one in my first blog, Guillaume Apollinaire uses words to make pictures. I have do not know exactly what the say since my French is very limited, but I do not need to totally understand them to enjoy them. All four of these calligrammes are similar, the only difference is that sometimes he adds lines giving the picture that he is creating a little more substance. I love the idea of creating pictures with words and it would be something that I believe that I would enjoy creating in the future.

Contra-Construction Project by Theo van Doesburg

Theo van Doesburg's Contra-Construction Project, 1923 is so cool! I like the colors that he uses plus all of the geometric shapes. What makes this so very cool is how three dimensional the piece of art looks. To me it appears to just pop out from the page.