Art Deco Complete
Title | Art Deco Complete PDF eBook |
Author | Alastair Duncan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 550 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Art |
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work on the subject for many years to come." "With over 1,000 illustrations in colour and black-and-white." --Book Jacket.
French Art Deco
Title | French Art Deco PDF eBook |
Author | Jared Goss |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2014-09-30 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0300204302 |
Art Deco—the term conjures up jewels by Van Cleef & Arpels, glassware by Laique, furniture by Ruhlmann—is best exemplified in the work shown at the exhibition that gave the style its name: the Exposition Internationale des Art Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, held in Paris in 1925. The exquisite craftsmanship and artistry of the objects displayed spoke to a sophisticated modernity yet were rooted in past traditions. Although it quickly spread to other countries, Art Deco found its most coherent expression in France, where a rich cultural heritage was embraced as the impetus for creating something new. the style drew on inspirations as diverse as fashion, avant-garde trends in the fine arts—such as Cubism and Fauvism—and a taste for the exotic, all of which converged in exceptionally luxurious and innovative objects. While the practice of Art Deco ended with the Second World War, interest in it has not only endured to the present day but has grown steadily. Based on the Metropolitan Museum's renowned collection French Art Deco presents more than eighty masterpieces by forty-two designers. Examples include Süe et Mare's furniture from the 1925 Exposition; Dufy's Cubist-inspired textiles; Dunand's lacquered bedroom suite; Dupas's monumental glass wall panels from the SS Normandie; and Fouquet's spectacular dress ornament in the shape of a Chinese mask. Jared Goss's engaging text includes a discussion of each object together with a biography of the designer who created it and is enlivened by generous quotations from writings of the period. The extensive introduction provides historical context and explores the origins and aesthetic of Art Deco. With its rich text and sumptuous photographs, this is not only one of the rare books on French Art Deco in English, but an object d'art in its own right.
Art Deco Chicago
Title | Art Deco Chicago PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Bruegmann |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 413 |
Release | 2018-10-02 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 0300229933 |
An expansive take on American Art Deco that explores Chicago's pivotal role in developing the architecture, graphic design, and product design that came to define middle-class style in the twentieth century Frank Lloyd Wright’s lost Midway Gardens, the iconic Sunbeam Mixmaster, and Marshall Field’s famed window displays: despite the differences in scale and medium, each belongs to the broad current of an Art Deco style that developed in Chicago in the first half of the twentieth century. This ambitious overview of the city’s architectural, product, industrial, and graphic design between 1910 and 1950 offers a fresh perspective on a style that would come to represent the dominant mode of modernism for the American middle class. Lavishly illustrated with 325 images, the book narrates Art Deco’s evolution in 101 key works, carefully curated and chronologically organized to tell the story of not just a style but a set of sensibilities. Critical essays from leading figures in the field discuss the ways in which Art Deco created an entire visual universe that extended to architecture, advertising, household objects, clothing, and even food design. Through this comprehensive approach to one of the 20th century’s most pervasive modes of expression in America, Art Deco Chicago provides an essential overview of both this influential style and the metropolis that came to embody it.
American Art Deco
Title | American Art Deco PDF eBook |
Author | Carla Breeze |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Art deco (Architecture) |
ISBN | 0393019705 |
Art Deco architecture flourished in large cities and small towns throughout America in the 1920s and 1930s. The style is now captured in over 500 color photos of 75 lavish and innovatively designed buildings across the country that have been preserved both outside and in, giving the full scope of this beloved, exciting style.
Christie's Art Deco
Title | Christie's Art Deco PDF eBook |
Author | Fiona Gallagher |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
The impact of Art Deco was felt in every sphere of the decorative arts. This volume examines one of the most important period of design in the 20th century, and relates the story of every aspect of this movement of the 1920's and 30's.
Art Deco Architecture
Title | Art Deco Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Bayer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780500281499 |
This exploration of Art Deco architectural design embraces many different times and places in its visual and verbal account of the movement's origins, development, and influence.
Art Deco of the 20s and 30s
Title | Art Deco of the 20s and 30s PDF eBook |
Author | Bevis Hillier |
Publisher | |
Pages | 174 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Design |
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