art deco

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Definition of art deco in English English dictionary: a style of decorative art and architecture originating in the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by bold geometric forms and simple composition; Art Deco is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1920s and 30s. It uses simple, bold designs on materials such as plastic and glass. art deco lamps. a style of art and decoration that uses simple shapes and was popular in Europe and America in the 1920s and 1930s (Art Déco, from Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs, a show of decorative arts held in Paris in 1925). or Style Moderne Movement in design, interior decoration, and architecture in the 1920s and '30s in Europe and the U.S. The name derives from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925. Its products included both individually crafted luxury items and mass-produced wares, but, in either case, the intention was to create a sleek and antitraditional elegance that symbolized wealth and sophistication. Influenced by Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, Cubist, Native American, and Egyptian sources, the distinguishing features of the style are simple, clean shapes, often with a "streamlined" look; ornament that is geometric or stylized from representational forms; and unusually varied, often expensive materials, which frequently include man-made substances (plastics, especially bakelite; vita-glass; and ferroconcrete) in addition to natural ones (jade, silver, ivory, obsidian, chrome, and rock crystal). Typical motifs included stylized animals, foliage, nude female figures, and sun rays. New York City's Rockefeller Center (especially its interiors supervised by Donald Deskey), the Chrysler Building by William Van Alen, and the Empire State Building by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon are the most monumental embodiments of Art Deco; originally a French movement in the 1920s reacting against the ornate art nouveau style which preceded WWI Popular in the US the style laid emphasis on bold geometric patterns and abstract forms; popular in the U S and Europe in the 1920's and 1930's, a style of design and decoration with designs are geometric and highly intense colors, to reflect the rise of commerce, industry and mass production; A popular design style of the 1920s and '30s characterized by bold outlines, geometric and zigzag forms; A decorative style, popular in the 1920s, characterized by its geometric patterns and reflecting the rise of industry and mass production in the early twentieth century; a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production; A decorative style that was based on geometric forms It was popular during the 1920s and 1930s; a style characterized by geometric forms and bright, bold colors, popular from c 1918 to 1940 See Style Guide; {i} style of interior design and architecture and jewelry that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s in which geometrical forms and daring colors and outlines were used; > A decorative style predominant from 1910-1930 characterized by geometric motifs and shapes, luxurious materials, and strong colors; the name actually derives from the 1925 Paris Exposition International des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, but it also refers to pieces in that style made prior to 1925; artists whose work is representative of the style include Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Edgar Brandt, Jean Dunand, Jean Dupas, and Albert Cheuret; The term came from a Paris exposition in the mid-1920's that featured decorative arts, but in terms of architecture, its most notable hallmark is the "set-back" Skyscrapers were rising so fast, and setting new height records overnight that cities, particularly New York City, decreed that additional floors could only be built if they were set back from the main wall This creates a stepped pattern to the top of an element, either the building itself, or even a column on the side There was another style, "Art Moderne" (modern art), which used horizontal streamlined lines, rather than Art Deco's vertical lines and bas relief decoration, but in common use "Art Deco" is applied to any post-Victorian style up to the 1950's; A style of (mainly) internal decoration in which moulded flowing patterns were formed in fibrous plaster, and chromium, glass and stained timber were popular for furniture; A streamlined, geometric style of architecture and home furnishings popular in the 1920's and 1930's Characteristics include rounded or "waterfall" fronts, wood furniture with chrome hardware and/or glass tops; A style characterized by angular geometric shapes, zigzags, bold colors, molded or faceted Czech glass beads, plastics (like celluloid or Bakelite) and chrome, unlike the curves of the previous era Also known as the geometric style that succeeded Edwardian jewelry beginning in the 1910s through the mid-1920's Colored stones were utilized more, and the opaque stones such as jade, onyx and coral were set in geometric shapes Sleek animals such as Borzoi and Greyhound dogs were featured in some designs It started out with relatively delicate designs, and progressed to a more bold and blocky style also called Art Moderne; A streamlined, geometric style of architecture and home furnishings popular in the 1920s and 1930s Characteristics include rounded or "waterfall" fronts, wood furniture with chrome hardware and/or glass tops; A style of architectural and furnishing decoration popular in the 1920s and 1930s; characteristics include streamlined, geometric motifs worked in glass, chrome and plastic; An angular style of jewelry dating from the 1920s through the mid to late 1930s, featuring jade, black onyx, and pave-set diamonds; The geometric style that succeeded Edwardian jewelry beginning in the teens, and reaching full flower in the mid 1920's This style was characterized by zigzags and sharp angles rather than the curves of the previous era Colored stones were utilized more, and the opaque stones such as jade, onyx and coral were set in geometric shapes Sleek animals such as Borzoi and Greyhound dogs were feautured in some designs The style started out with relatively delicate designs, transitioning from the Edwardian, but more geometric and angular, and progressed to more the more bold and blocky style also called Art Moderne; A streamlined, geometric style of home furnishings and architecture popular in the 1920's and 1930's Characteristics include rounded fronts, wood furniture with chrome hardware and, or, glass tops; In the thirties and fourties, some makers designed fans their fans to look as modern as possible Air conditioning was becoming the standard in buildings and fans had become "old fashioned" The new designs where meant to appeal to a person's sense of style The most famous of these designs were the Emerson Silver Swan and the Robbins & Meyers Modernistic (See the the fan gallery for both!); A 1920s style characterized by setbacks, zigzag forms, and the use of chrome and plastic ornamentation New York's Chrysler Building is an architectural example of the style