Art Deco / Victoria Charles & Klaus H. Carl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Charles, Victoria.

Contributor:

Carl, Klaus H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art deco.

Art, Modern--20th century.

Art, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Parkstone Press International, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Art Deco style was established on the ashes of a disappeared world, the one from before the First World War, and on the foundation stone of a world yet to become, opened to the most undisclosed promises. Forgetting herself in the whirl of Jazz Age and the euphoria of the "Années Folles", the Garçonne with her linear shape reflects the architectural style of Art Deco: to the rounded curves succeed the simple and plain androgynous straight line...Architecture, painting, furniture and sculpture, dissected by the author, proclaim the druthers for sharp lines and broken angles. Although ephemeral, this movement keeps on influencing contemporary design.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Introduction; Exhibition programme; Architecture,Painted and Sculpted Decor; "Modern" architecture: new materials, new shapes; The French section; Foreign sections; Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Spain; Great Britain; Greece; Italy; Japan; The Netherlands; Poland; Sweden; Czechoslovakia; Russia; Furniture and Furniture Sets; Contemporary developments and trends; French section; Presentation of the French section; Ordinary home furnishings; Provincial participation; Colonial art; Foreign sections; Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Spain; Great Britain; Italy; Japan; The Netherlands; Poland

SwedenCzechoslovakia; Jewellery; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781780428048

1780428049

OCLC:

855505249