Art Deco

Examples of Art Deco in the following topics:

• American Art Deco Architecture

  • Art Deco and Streamline Moderne were two key styles of early 20th century American architecture.
  • Modern American architecture is usually divided into the two styles of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne.
  • Streamline Moderne, also known as Art Moderne, was a late type of the Art Deco design style that emerged during the 1930s.
  • Streamline Moderne was both a reaction to Art Deco and a reflection of austere economic times.
  • However, Art Deco and Streamline Moderne were not necessarily opposites.

• Art Movements of the 1920s

  • Art Deco was a dominant design style of the 1920s artistic era that also was influenced by the Dada, Expressionist and Surrealist movements.
  • Art Deco was a dominant style in design and architecture of the 1920s.
  • The name Art Deco is short for Arts Décoratifs, which came from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) held in Paris in 1925.
  • In the United States, New York City's Chrysler Building typified the Art Deco style.
  • Art Deco architectural style in the United States was epitomized by the Chrysler Building in New York City.

• The Culture of the Roaring Twenties

  • Popular culture in the 1920s was characterized by innovation in film, visual art and architecture, radio, music, dance, fashion, literature, and intellectual movements.
  • In visual art and architecture, the 1920s saw the beginning of the surrealist, expressionist, and Art Deco movements.
  • Characterized by pure and geometric forms, Art Deco originated in Europe and spread to North America in the mid-1920s, manifesting itself famously in the construction of the Chrysler Building, the tallest building in the world at its time.
  • The Museum of Modern Art opened in Manhattan on November 7, 1929, nine days after the Wall Street Crash.
  • Originating in the African-American neighborhood of Harlem in New York, the Harlem Renaissance was fueled by the idea that intellect and the production of literature, art, and music could challenge pervading racial stereotypes and promote racial and social integration.

• The Roaring Twenties

  • The Roaring Twenties was a fruitful period for the arts, music and writing.
  • The Art Deco movement was popular among designers and architects, fashion for women went in bold new directions, and Jazz music became all the rage.
  • Art Deco was the style of design and architecture that marked the era.
  • Art Deco, already globally popular, found favor among designers in America as the 1920s progressed, culminating with the opening of Radio City Music Hall in 1932.
  • Jazz and other energetic art forms also helped with the expansion of mass market entertainment such as radio and film.

• Literature and the Depression

• Contemporary Indian Art

  • Though the group was dissolved in 1956, it was profoundly influential in changing the idiom of Indian art.
  • Mumbai's Nariman Point is famous for its Art Deco buildings; other notable works include the Lotus Temple in New Delhi (also known as the Bahá'í House, recognized for its flower-like shape) and modern urban developments like Chandigarh.
  • The India Art Fair, previously known as the India Art Summit, is an Indian modern and contemporary art fair held annually in New Delhi.
  • First held in 2008, it is India's largest art fair and includes paintings, sculptures, photography, mixed media, prints, drawings, and video art.
  • Over the years, the fair has showcased Indian modernists (including those from the Progressive Artists' Group), Indian diaspora artists, contemporary Indian art, international artists, and art from the subcontinent.

• Painting and Sculpture

  • Art in the American Southwest developed a unique style following the First World War.
  • The 1920s marked another significant development in American art, known as the Harlem Renaissance.
  • Sculpture at this time was marked by Modern Classicism, or the revitalization of the classical Greek traditions in modern sculpture, as well as the early beginnings of art deco - a much more linear and symmetrical style marked by elegance, functionality and modernity.
  • When the Great Depression hit in 1929 and 1930, the economic and political landscape of the country ushered in a new era of art that would later become known as New Deal Art.
  • Discuss the early 20th century art movements, including American Realism, the Harlem Renaissance, Modern Classicist sculpture, and the landscape images of the Southwest.

• Fashion

  • Jewelry usually consisted of art deco pieces, especially many layers of beaded necklaces.

• Flappers

  • Jewelry usually consisted of art deco pieces including beaded necklaces and brooches.

• Culture in the Thirties

  • PWAP was replaced by the Federal Art Project (FAP), one of the cultural programs under the 1935 Works Progress Administration (WPA) and a much more ambitious and expansive arts program that its predecessor.
  • FAP provided funding for artists and artisans to create murals, easel paintings, sculpture, graphic art, posters, photography, theater design, and arts and crafts.
  • It established more than 100 community art centers throughout the country, researched and documented American design, commissioned a significant body of public art without restriction to content or subject matter, and sustained some 10,000 artists and craft workers during the Great Depression.
  • Visual arts in the United States of the 1930s followed both global and regional trends.
  • In architecture and design, the 1930s was the height of the Art Deco - an eclectic style inspired by industrialization that combines traditional craft motifs with Machine Age imagery and materials.