Artisan Package

• Custom original digital portrait (human defined, AI-generated, human curated) in your chosen style.
• High resolution digital file (300dpi up to 9” x 9” or 7.7” x 11.5” rectangular).
• Accompanying narrative (up to 200 words).
• 1 Free set of modifications via email or text.
• Digital certificate of authenticity (PDF, numbered, signed).
• Secure encrypted digital delivery.

(Select Artisan Package above to choose this option.)

Knight Package

Includes everything in Artisan package, plus these additions:

• Replaces 9" x 9" portrait with a larger high resolution digital file (300 dpi up to 18” x 18” or 15” x 22” rectangular) — appropriate for framing.
• 2 Small social media avatars (one square, one round) cropped from final digital portrait.
• Enhanced digital certificate of authenticity (adds watermark or digital forensics).

(Select Knight Package above to choose this option.)

Noblesse Package

Includes everything in Knight package plus these additions:

• Replaces 18" x 18" portrait with largest high-resolution digital file suitable for framing (300 dpi up to 36” x 36” or 30” x 43” rectangular).
• Arweave Storage: Preservation of your original final digital portrait on a decentralized immutable network designed to store data forever. Data is encrypted so only you or your heirs can access it with a private key. Once it’s posted, you’ll receive access instructions for yourself and future family members on how to download a pdf or view the original from any modern browser.

(Select Noblesse Package above to choose this option.)

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Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is often described as the first modern decorative style of the industrial age. It emphasized flowing lines, asymmetry, and organic inspiration drawn from nature (plants, flowers, vines, tendrils, insect wings, flowing hair, and waves).

While it emerged and flourished during the Belle Époque period (c. 1871–1914), it is not synonymous with the era itself. Art Nouveau was a specific, intentional aesthetic movement that deliberately broke from 19th-century historicism, eclecticism, and academic rigidity. Art Nouveau artists and designers explicitly aimed for a "new art" (hence the name), and it has its own clear visual language, international spread, and legacy — separate from the more general "Belle Époque glamour" seen in society portraits or fashion.

Art Nouveau flourished primarily from the 1890s to around 1910–1914, with a peak dring the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Art Nouveau largely ended with World War I.

Art Nouveau artists practiced in many areas of design including architecture, metals, jewelry, and advertising. In portraiture, Art Nouveau appeared more in posters, illustrations, and symbolic figures than in traditional oil portraits.

Two prominent artists who exemplified this style are the inspiration for our BTC Portraits Art Nouveau style:

Jules Chéret (French) — his style evolved from Rococo-inspired influences, 18th-century Venetian masters, and Japanese prints. He was a master of Belle Époque poster art first and foremost. His peak activity (1870s–1890s) predates the full crystallization of Art Nouveau around 1895–1900, so some historians view him as a transitional figure who bridged late Victorian/early modern graphics to the full Art Nouveau aesthetic.

Alphonse Mucha (Czech) — a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist who became one of the most iconic figures of the Art Nouveau movement. He rose to international fame in 1894–1895 when his poster for Sarah Bernhardt's play Gismonda exploded in popularity, launching "le style Mucha" as synonymous with Art Nouveau's flowing lines, ornate borders, ethereal female figures, and harmonious integration of text and image. His work—spanning theatrical posters, magazine illustrations, jewelry designs, and decorative panels—celebrated idealized beauty, nature-inspired motifs, and sensuous elegance. He influenced generations from Belle Époque advertising to later psychedelic art and manga.