Art deco style

• Date de parution : 02/10/2021
• Editeur : Assouline
• EAN : 9781649800220
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : (-)
• Collection : (-)
• Genre : Arts et spectacles
• Thème : Arts et spectacles
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

At the dawn of the twentieth century, the world yearned for a new design style that would embody contemporary

culture. Efforts to create a design language suited to the needs and tastes of the modern world took shape

during the first decades of the new century, crystallizing in Paris with... Voir plus

At the dawn of the twentieth century, the world yearned for a new design style that would embody contemporary

culture. Efforts to create a design language suited to the needs and tastes of the modern world took shape

during the first decades of the new century, crystallizing in Paris with the 1925 Exposition International des Arts

Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. The Art Deco period encompassed a multitude of decorative influences,

including the updating of historical styles, the introduction of exotic elements and the adaptation of avant-

garde art currents such as the geometric abstraction of Cubism.

Not a single style or a unified movement, Art Deco is a design idiom that reflects a decorative approach to

designing appealing consumer goods during the interwar period. Encompassing every discipline within the

applied arts, Art Deco manifested itself to some extent everywhere around the world, perhaps the first design

idiom ever to do so. Art Deco's fundamental appeal lay in its decorative qualities, which consumers found

attractive and glamorous. From skyscrapers, locomotives, automobiles and ocean liners to fashion, advertising

and everyday home furnishings and appliances, Art Deco style captured the imagination of designers and

consumers alike