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Art Deco

Art Deco was a design movement popular from 1920-1939 that featured geometric shapes, sweeping curves, and stylized motifs inspired by diverse global influences. It celebrated modern industrial materials and the machine age. Initially seen in France as a reaction to Art Nouveau, Art Deco first emerged at the Paris Exposition of 1925. It had a major influence on architecture, interior design, and the visual arts during its height in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Art Deco

Art Deco was a design movement popular from 1920-1939 that featured geometric shapes, sweeping curves, and stylized motifs inspired by diverse global influences. It celebrated modern industrial materials and the machine age. Initially seen in France as a reaction to Art Nouveau, Art Deco first emerged at the Paris Exposition of 1925. It had a major influence on architecture, interior design, and the visual arts during its height in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Art Deco

   
Art Deco
Movement
 Design Movement
 Popular from 1920-1939
 Almost purely decorative
 Influenced:
Architecture Interior Design
Industrial Design Visual
Arts
Fashion Painting
Sculpture Graphic Arts
Film and others…
 Mixed many 20th century
styles and movements
Modernism Bauhaus
Cubism Constructivism
  Futurism Art Nouveau  
Other Influences

Art Deco Poster Globe Detail


Interior Detail Los Angeles Times Lobby
450 Sutter Street, San Francisco

 Eclectic form of stylish and modern with elements from


African Arts Middle East Mayan Design
Egypt Asia Persia
Aztec Mexico Ancient Greece
 King Tut’s tomb discovered in 1922
   
Style
Typical Characteristics Materials Used

 Geometric Shapes  Aluminum


Trapezoids  Stainless Steel
Zig Zags  Glass Blocks
 Stepped Forms  Lacquer
 Sweeping Curves  Inlaid Wood
 Repetition  Zebra Skin
 Sunbursts  Neon
 Chevron Patterns  Chrome
 Triple Striped  Terrazzo
 Simple Formats  Peach or Cobalt Mirrors
 Rounded Corners
 Symmetrical
   
History and
Development
 Celebrates machine age with man-
made materials
 First seen in France as reaction to Art
Nouveau
 Initial movement called Style
Moderne
 “Art Deco” was derived from the
Exposition of 1925
 The term was coined and popularized by
art historian Bevis Hillier in the late
1960’s

 After WWI, people wanted modern


and functional style
 It was also influenced by streamlined
designs of ocean liners and industrial
machinery
  
Reflects technological advances and  
industrialism
Architectural
Examples
 Major stylistic influence in
the US because of
Industrialism
 Many buildings were
designed and constructed
in this era
 Chrysler Building
 Radio City Music Hall
 Empire State Building
 Golden Gate Bridge
 Ocean Drive in Miami
 Global Influence

   
Architectural
Examples
Griffith Observatory
1933
Los Angeles

Chrysler Building
1928-1930
New York

Union Station
Omaha, Nebraska

Radio City Music Hall


1929-1932
New York

   
Art Deco Housing

   
Art Deco Interiors

   
Decline of the
Movement
 Mass production
 Lavish style was seen
as a false sense of
luxury
 WW II

 Style was developed


throughout the 50’s in
Bacardi Building
Havana, Cuba Singapore and Cuba

   

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