Originating in France before spreading worldwide, Art Deco architecture is a celebration of progress, using geometric forms, ...
In the middle of the 1920s, the Art Deco style arrived. This was a style that used modern materials like plastic and glass in bold colours and with very decorative shapes.
Spanning the boom of the roaring 1920s through to the bust of the Depression-ridden 1930s, Art Deco drew on timeworn traditions while simultaneously celebrating the modern, mechanised world. This ...
So, ARV delivered. "But what's Art Deco?" you might be wondering. Long story short, it's the predominant decorative art style of the 1920s and 1930s. Its distinguishing features are simple ...
Manhattan's art deco skyscrapers "dazzle, entertain, amaze," Frank Lloyd Wright once noted. But many other U.S. cities have spectacular examples of this 1920s-1930s style, with a mix of striking ...
Distinct, elegant and vivid in colour, items from the V&A's fashion collections reveal the relationship between Art Deco design and the clothing and jewellery of the 1920s and 1930s. From Jeanne ...