Art Deco (1920's-1930's)

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Art Deco (1920's-1930's)

• Art Deco - An art movement involving a mix of
  modern decorative art styles, largely of the
  1920's and 1930's, whose main characteristics
  were derived from various avant-garde painting
  styles of the early twentieth century.

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Geometry Brilliant Colours

• Art deco works exhibit aspects of Cubism, Russian
  Constructivism and Italian Futurism-- with
  abstraction, distortion, and simplification,
  particularly geometric shapes and highly intense
  colors--celebrating the rise of commerce,
  technology, and speed.

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Modernity

• The growing impact of the machine can be seen in
  repeating and overlapping images from 1925 and
  in the 1930's, in streamlined forms derived from
  the principles of aerodynamics.
• The name came from the 1925 Exposition
  Internationale des Arts Decoratifs Industriels et
  Modernes, held in Paris, which celebrated living
  in the modern world.
• To Right - Tamara de Lempicka - Self Portrait in
  the Green Bugatti - 1925 -

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Style, Elegance, Sophistication

• It was popularly considered to be an elegant
  style of cool sophistication in architecture and
  applied arts which range from luxurious objects
  made from exotic material to mass produced,
  streamlined items available to a growing middle
  class.
• To Right Erte

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Furniture Chairs

• Simple and clean lines
• Geometric shapes
• Cheap and Accessible compared to previous styles

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Architecture

• William Van Alen (American, 1882-1954), Chrysler
  Building, 1930, New York City. An archetypal
  American Art Deco skyscraper, the exterior of the
  building reflects the Chrysler automobile.

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Gargoyles Design Art

• The building was faced with Nirosta stainless
  steel, because of its low-maintenance, and the
  beauty of its color. Part of the surface
  decorations include sculptural ornaments
  comparable to gargoyles and hood ornaments. The
  radiating curves on the building's dome mimic
  giant sunbeams, a popular Art Deco theme.

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Style Decor
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Culture