Fin-de-Siecle in Art

___cai · December 27th, 2005, 04:23 PM

Hello all,

I am trying very much to understand Fin de Siecle and how it applies to art. I would greatly appreciate anyone who might be able to help me or to suggest any artists who embody this movement.

Thanks!

joe phelan · December 27th, 2005, 10:02 PM

"Fin de Siecle" means turn or end of the century and refers to the end of the 19th century specifically. As far as I know no one used it to refer to the end of either the 18th or the 20th centuries.
You might want to look at the online exhbit of the Art Noveau show that the National Gallery did several years ago for some ideas. Art Noveau begins in 1890 and continues for a decade or so into the new century.

http://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/nouveau.shtm

John · December 28th, 2005, 09:18 PM

There are a few interrelated groups of artists known as Symbolists, the Decadents, and the Aesthetics, which in my mind typify the wealth and sensation-seeking of that era. It was sort of the culmination of 19th century civilization, an amplification of the intellectual and social freedoms that had been won, before the whole continent of Europe was destroyed by World War I and reinvented in accordance with the 3 C's: Communism, Capitalism and Cubism.

Here are a few sources for fin-de-siècle art:

Artcyclopedia: Symbolists

Beauty and Ruin

Artmagick (Artmagick is a great site that more or less disappeared for a few years, but has come back to life recently.)

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December 27th, 2005, 10:02 PM	#2
joe phelan Editor Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 55	"Fin de Siecle" means turn or end of the century and refers to the end of the 19th century specifically. As far as I know no one used it to refer to the end of either the 18th or the 20th centuries. You might want to look at the online exhbit of the Art Noveau show that the National Gallery did several years ago for some ideas. Art Noveau begins in 1890 and continues for a decade or so into the new century. http://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/nouveau.shtm

December 28th, 2005, 09:18 PM	#3
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 163	There are a few interrelated groups of artists known as Symbolists, the Decadents, and the Aesthetics, which in my mind typify the wealth and sensation-seeking of that era. It was sort of the culmination of 19th century civilization, an amplification of the intellectual and social freedoms that had been won, before the whole continent of Europe was destroyed by World War I and reinvented in accordance with the 3 C's: Communism, Capitalism and Cubism. Here are a few sources for fin-de-siècle art: Artcyclopedia: Symbolists Beauty and Ruin Artmagick (Artmagick is a great site that more or less disappeared for a few years, but has come back to life recently.)