Art Deco was the style that swept across the globe during the 1920s and 1930s and created the defining look of the interwar years. Its influence was ubiquitous: it transformed the skylines of cities as diverse as New York and Shanghai; it touched the design of everything - from cinemas and Hollywood films to the packaging of cigarettes, from evening wear and accessories to luxury liners and locomotives. It was the style of hedonism, of indulgence, of mass consumption, though it originated before the First World War in the ...
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Art Deco was the style that swept across the globe during the 1920s and 1930s and created the defining look of the interwar years. Its influence was ubiquitous: it transformed the skylines of cities as diverse as New York and Shanghai; it touched the design of everything - from cinemas and Hollywood films to the packaging of cigarettes, from evening wear and accessories to luxury liners and locomotives. It was the style of hedonism, of indulgence, of mass consumption, though it originated before the First World War in the luxurious one-off masterwork or the limited edition piece. Deco was the ultimate synthesis of styles: it borrowed from European craft traditions as eagerly as it appropriated aspects of "the exotic" from the cultures of Ancient Egypt, Meso-America, the oriental East and black Africa. Its use of rare and unashamedly precious materials was a reminder of the wealth of empires, whilst its geometric imagery celebrated urban modernity and the experience of modernity worldwide. This volume brings together nearly 40 essays from leading experts in the field to discuss the phenomenon that was Art Deco. After an introductory section which looks at the definition and scope of the style, and locates it historically within the early 20th century, Part 2 explores its sources and iconography; Part 3 reviews the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs, held in Paris, which marked the high point of Deco in Europe while providing the catalyst for its wider spread and development; Part 4 traces that development both through Europe and through the various media, from architecture to fashion, that fell in thrall to its modern imperative and Part 5 traces its spread into America, India and beyond.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 3000grams, ISBN: 9781851773879.
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Near fine in near fine jacket. 400 color and 50 black & white illustrations. Thick square 4to, black cloth (a bit faded at edges and very light shelfwear), d.w. (London): V&A Publications, (2003). First Edition. Near fine in very good(+) dust wrapper.
Add this copy of Art Deco 1910-1939 to cart. $63.00, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by V&A Publications.
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VG/VG, one very small area of dinging to spine of dustjacket near title. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, gray & photographic dust jacket, 464 pp., many BW & color illustrations throughout. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Features 40 illustrated essays that fall under the categories of Sources and Iconogrphy, The Paris 1925 Exhibition, The Spread of Deco, and The Deco World. Full contents as follows: PART I. INTRODUCTION--The style and the age / Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton--The Great War, mass society and 'modernity' / Arthur Marwick--PART II. SOURCES AND ICONOGRAPHY--Egyptomania / Christopher Frayling--Deco sculpture and archaism / Penelope Curtis--Ancient Mexican sources of art deco / Oriana Baddeley--Inspiration from the East / Anna Jackson--Collecting and constructing Africa / Ghislaine Wood--National traditions / Juliette Hibou--Avant-garde sources / Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton--From Pattern to abstraction / Jonathan M. Woodham--The exotic / Ghislaine Wood--PART III. THE PARIS 1925 EXHIBITION--The international exhibition / Charlotte Benton--Paris 1925: consuming modernity / Tag Gronberg--The artist-decorator / Stéphane Laurent--PART IV. THE SPREAD OF DECO--Germany, Austria and the Netherlands / Reino Liefkes--Art deco in Central Europe / David Crowley--'Lovely neoclassical byways': art deco in Scandinavia / Jennifer Hawkins Opie--European glass / Ghislaine Wood--Italian architecture and design / Tim Benton--Conscience and consumption: art deco in Britain / Gillian Naylor--British art deco ceramics / Alun Graves--Art deco architecture / Tim Benton--Art deco fashion / Valerie Mendes--Art deco jewellery / Clare Phillips--Photography and the new vision / Mark Haworth-Booth--Art deco graphic design and typography / Jeremy Aynsley--Art deco bindings; Art deco and the book jacket / Rowan Watson, Annemarie Riding--PART V. THE DECO WORLD--Travel, transport and art deco / Paul Atterbury--Art deco and hollywood film / Ghislaine Wood--'The filter of American taste': design in the USA in the 1920s / Wendy Kaplan--American metalwork between the wars / Jeannine Falino--New materials and technologies / Jeffrey L. Meikle--The search for an American design aesthetic: from art deco to streamlining / Nicolas P. Maffei--Art deco in East Asia / Anna Jackson--Indo-deco / Amin Jaffer--Ambiguously modern: art deco in Latin America / Rafael Cardoso--'A growing enthusiasm for modernity': art deco in Australia / Christopher Menz--Art deco in South Africa / Dipti Bhagat--Decline and revival / Charlotte Benton, Time Benton.
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Fine Like-new jacket. Hardcover. Minor wear to the dust jacket. No cover wear. Clean unmarked text. Tight binding. ** Because of weight/size, this cannot ship internationally ** ** WE SHIP DAILY (Mon-Fri) ** Free Tracking Information.
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