Art Deco

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ART DECO
EVA WEBER
With more than 200 colour and black-and-white illustrations in Art Deco, Magna Books celebrates a movement which was in itself a celebration of a new era.
As the industrialization of the twentieth century gathered pace, the sensuous flowing lines of Art Nouveau gave way to the jagged rhythms of Art Deco. Rejecting the crafts ethic of the previous generation, the new style confidently celebrated the machine age with emphatic geometrical lines and shapes, vibrant colour schemes and the use of modern man-made materials such as plastic. Skyscraper deco, steamline style - its forms revelled in a headlong rush towards the future.
Illustrated with over 200 colour and black-and-white photographs, Art Deco provides a splendid visual record of the style of the inter-war years. Art, architecture, interior design, film sets, photography, furniture, jewellery, glass and ceramics are all discussed in detail. Many of Art Deco's greatest practitioners worked in several... Tovább

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ART DECO
EVA WEBER
With more than 200 colour and black-and-white illustrations in Art Deco, Magna Books celebrates a movement which was in itself a celebration of a new era.
As the industrialization of the twentieth century gathered pace, the sensuous flowing lines of Art Nouveau gave way to the jagged rhythms of Art Deco. Rejecting the crafts ethic of the previous generation, the new style confidently celebrated the machine age with emphatic geometrical lines and shapes, vibrant colour schemes and the use of modern man-made materials such as plastic. Skyscraper deco, steamline style - its forms revelled in a headlong rush towards the future.
Illustrated with over 200 colour and black-and-white photographs, Art Deco provides a splendid visual record of the style of the inter-war years. Art, architecture, interior design, film sets, photography, furniture, jewellery, glass and ceramics are all discussed in detail. Many of Art Deco's greatest practitioners worked in several media, to produce exuberant buildings with seductive Art Deco interiors. Frank Lloyd Wright, Ely Jacques Kahn and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott were just a few of the architects who produced new and bold Art Deco designs. Art Deco shows the influence of the Bau-haus, neoclassicism, Cubism, Futurism and other artistic movements, and its influence on the International Style that supplanted it after World War II is also explained.
After nearly half a century of neglect, this sumptuous and subtle style is enjoying a substantial revival of interest. The book illustrates the dazzling variety of work, from Clarice Cliff's bold ceramics to Paul Manship's elegantly sculpted interpretations of classical mythology, from the brittle brilliance of Erte's designs to the jazz-age glitter of William Van Alen's Chrysler Building, produced in the heyday of Art Deco. It is a book which will be cherished by lovers of Art Deco, and art enthusiasts in general. Vissza