art deco

     

Art Deco was a popular international esign movement from 1925 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts, and film. This movement was, in a sense, an amalgam of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Neoclassical, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Futurism. Its popularity peaked in Europe during the Roaring Twenties and continued strongly in the United States through the 1930s. Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, functional, and modern.

Trivia about art deco

  • This streamline geometrical style popular in the 1920s is also known as "Art Moderne"
  • Seen here, the work of Tamara De Lempicka typifies this art style
  • Style that got its name from 1925's Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs
  • In the 1930s Donald Deskey used this style for the interior of Radio City Music Hall
  • This sleek, elegant style of the 1920s is also known as Jazz Modern
  • Lacquer & tortoise shell were featured in this style of the 1920s
  • [Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Civic Opera House in Chicago]
  • Called "America's Riviera", Miami's South Beach is home to 800 buildings built in this early 20th century style
  • (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Hoover Dam.) In addition to its technological fame, Hoover Dam is known as a masterpiece of this 1930s design style