Charles Renly Macintosh
Task One Monty Whitfield
Charles Rennie McIntosh was born in Glasgow in 1868 in the post-impressionist movement and he worked as an artist, a water-colourist , architect and designer. McIntosh was always very bright even from a young age, when he was 22 he won a scholarship which enabled him to explore ancient classic architecture. McIntosh’s first design project was “the lighthouse” in Glasgow which still stands to this day. All throughout his career he painted watercolours and made textile designs. He mostly was an architect and he made the designs for many buildings such as the Royal Highland Fusiliers Regimental Museum , Daily records offices , 78 Derngate and 5 the drive. He was also tasked with interior design and this is wherehis inspiration comes from when making furniture. He was very well received because of his very modern designs which were population at the time. His style was very asymmetric with a wide use of squares and rectangles. He used the line and shape element of design and balance and repetition principles of design. Most of his works included very long thin lines that often spanned the size of the piece. He was very fond of shapes such as squares and rectangles which featured very often in his pieces. These shapes were usually stretched thinly to make a striped pattern which gave the illusion of height. His furniture was always very balanced because many of his pieces were symmetrical and his styles included lots of square shapes which were easily mirrorred to create a reflection. He also used repetition in his furniture. There are many examples of pieces where there are small squares cut into the wood and these are replicated to create a stylised pattern. All of these element and principles can be seen in the piece of his work above. The sheer lines in the back of the chair create a sense of height and there is an overall theme of long lines that lead the eye. He stays true to his style with the types of shapes he has included which
Charles Rennie McIntosh was born in Glasgow in 1868 in the post-impressionist movement and he worked as an artist, a water-colourist , architect and designer. McIntosh was always very bright even from a young age, when he was 22 he won a scholarship which enabled him to explore ancient classic architecture. McIntosh’s first design project was “the lighthouse” in Glasgow which still stands to this day. All throughout his career he painted watercolours and made textile designs. He mostly was an architect and he made the designs for many buildings such as the Royal Highland Fusiliers Regimental Museum , Daily records offices , 78 Derngate and 5 the drive. He was also tasked with interior design and this is wherehis inspiration comes from when making furniture. He was very well received because of his very modern designs which were population at the time. His style was very asymmetric with a wide use of squares and rectangles. He used the line and shape element of design and balance and repetition principles of design. Most of his works included very long thin lines that often spanned the size of the piece. He was very fond of shapes such as squares and rectangles which featured very often in his pieces. These shapes were usually stretched thinly to make a striped pattern which gave the illusion of height. His furniture was always very balanced because many of his pieces were symmetrical and his styles included lots of square shapes which were easily mirrorred to create a reflection. He also used repetition in his furniture. There are many examples of pieces where there are small squares cut into the wood and these are replicated to create a stylised pattern. All of these element and principles can be seen in the piece of his work above. The sheer lines in the back of the chair create a sense of height and there is an overall theme of long lines that lead the eye. He stays true to his style with the types of shapes he has included which