Monday, 1 November 2010

Deco or Nouveau?

Yay for Rhoda! She's sorted out my passport stuff and now it's all mailed off! No more stress for a few weeks! Exciting.
She said she liked my Assassin pictures too. It made me feel good about them! When I get home I'm going to rewrite the text on it so it's more presentable. I found a lovely Deco style font to use.

On the topic of styles, I was wondering which movement to use - Art Deco or Art Nouveau - or if I could use a mix of the two. Obviously Art Deco was the one associated with the time, which suggests I should use that, but it's not like all the Art Nouveau stuff disappeared overnight.
On one hand, I think the swirly, flowy girlyness of Nouveau suits the Assassin. She'd have a lot of money, and I assume Nouveau trinkets were worth a lot after the war, so she'd like to splash out on expensive things like that.
But.
Would it be outdated? Though it was only a decade or two before, that's the equivalent of me wearing fluorescent parachute pants now. It'd look stupid. Not that I don't already
But maybe furniture goes out of style slower than clothes?

While Deco is nice, and would fit in, I wonder if it'd be a mishmash to combine it with Nouveau elements.

If I can only pick one, I'm leaning towards Deco, but I'd like some flowwy femininity in there too. I imagine the flapper look is partly a front - if only a little bit - and deep down she perhaps enjoys some retro elegance.

EDIT: After having a thorough look, I think she's going to stay mainly Deco. Though Nouveau is glamorous, I don't think it has enough 'edge' to suit her tastes. It's all a bit too demure.

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