| Title |
Shifts in the Relationship between Ornament and Structure in Art Nouveau and Modernist Interior Space |
| Authors |
왕메이샤오(Wang Meixiao) ; 박수빈(Park, Soobeen) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.14774/JKIID.2026.35.4.162 |
| Keywords |
Ornament; Ornamentality; Art Nouveau; Modernism; Interior Design |
| Abstract |
This study examines how the relationship between ornament or ornamentality and structural/spatial components changes from Art Nouveau to Modernism in interior spaces. Rather than viewing this transition as a shift from the presence to the absence of ornament, it is understood as a change in the position and mode through which ornament or ornamentality relates to space. The study combines theoretical review and comparative case analysis. It distinguishes ornament from ornamentality and establishes three relationship types: additive, integrative, and internalized relationships. Four residential cases are analyzed: Hotel Tassel and Castel Beranger as Art Nouveau cases, and Villa Tugendhat and Villa Savoye as Modernist cases. Entrances, windows, and stairs are examined as common spatial elements. The findings show that, in the selected Art Nouveau cases, identifiable ornaments are applied to surfaces or combined with the form and details of spatial components. In the selected Modernist cases, explicit ornament is weakened, while ornamentality is internalized in concrete visual treatments such as material surfaces, color planes, frames, finishing lines, and linear details. This internalization appears through the treatment of individual components and through contrast or connection among multiple components. These relationships subsequently participate in the perception of boundaries, transitions, sightlines, and movement directions. Thus, the transition from Art Nouveau to Modernism can be interpreted not as the disappearance of ornament, but as a reorganization of its position and mode of relation within interior space. |