Jugend Magazine

Germany is not known for its contributions to the worldlines and bold fonts that seem to stand out arousing
of arts and sciences which could be attributed to itscuriosity with readers and admirers of the works of
being the home of the Third Reich in during the thirdthe era. At its most basic form, it began with the
world war. Unbeknownst to many Germany has beenreproduction of print that used lithographical processing
a major player in the evolution of European art and thethat allowed only a single color that evolved to
development of some practices that are commonfour-color prints that was practiced by an Englishman
place in todays world of art. One of its most visibleWilliam Blake. His works as a romantic writer and artist,
contributions is the way print ads have their titleswas initially obscured by his printing but has now
created and the different styles of fonts that wassurfaced and is seen to be heavily influenced by
heavily influenced by a movement in Germany thatJugendstil and other art nouveau that was
worshiped a form of art known as JUGENDSTIL.predominant form at the time.
Jugendstil, was a style of art that becameFounded by Georg Hirth who in the late 19th century
predominant in Germany in the late 19th Century.exacted total control with regards to its contents till his
Asides from the common forms arts influence on thedeath in 1916. His magazine Jugend provided artists
styles of furnishings such as in home dcor, furnishings,from all areas and disciplines a way by which to
architecture and the design of common householdexpress and show their works allowing them to be
utility items such as pitchers and many more. The artknown by the rest of Europe and eventually the world.
form boasted clean flowing lines that were heavilyHe was considered to be one of the most prominent
based on the female form. Vegetation and classical artthinkers in Munich where he dedicated his home and
form drew influences from the specific country ofmagazine as the melting pot of all philosophical and
origin evolving into their own sub-groups of mainstreamartistic thought of his time. Hirth was also by discipline a
art forms. Jugendstil being Germanys own style drewman of science who developed ways of teaching
influences from Viking and Teutonic mythology thatstudents on how to develop art appreciation.
derived ideas and forms from contemporary GermanThe influence of Jugend is not widely known to this
opera and ancient text.day except to some select collectors. In motion picture
Jugendstils influence on modern print media isfilms, Walt Disney movies like Fantasia and Snow
undeniable due to the fact that the way titles andWhite were influenced heavily by Heinrich Kellys works
objects are placed on a page or pages do such in athat made them not only motion pictures but moving
way that is easy to read, pleasing to the eyes as wellworks of art. The style has also influenced the influx of
as eye catching with the use of large bold-type fontsartistic vision into the creation of furniture and
that calls the readers attention. Most of the font typeseveryday utility items making them functional and
were also based on the Jugend style with smoothartistic at the same time.