Figuring Mood: The Role of Stimmung in the Formal Approach of Heinrich Wölfflin and Alois Riegl

Roughly translatable as ‘mood’ or ‘atmosphere’, Stimmung plays a key part in the late-19th-century writings of German art historians Wölfflin and Riegl. Andrew Saunders , Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, studies the origins of the concept, which links rational perceptions of harmony with notions of emotional response. He examines the two writers' contrasting views of Stimmung in relation to the Baroque, and highlights its little acknowledged role in the inception of formalism.     

优雅知性的珠宝首饰之美——从艾尔莎首饰设计中探究首饰设计途径

蒂芙尼珠宝首饰集现代首饰设计之大成,体现佩戴者的高贵优雅、洗练豁达、知性优美等特点,而蒂芙尼的著名珠宝设计师艾尔莎就是设计蒂芙尼首饰灵魂的典型代表。文章从艾尔莎的生活经历、设计灵感来源以及对最初灵感的演变等系列作品中的研究和学习,探究艾尔莎的珠宝首饰设计所遵循的设计方法和途径,为首饰设计提供一个参考的依据。