ART DECO

Art Deco

The term Art Deco was a influential style of design that originated in France but it did make appearance until the first world war and was at its peak until the outbreak of World War two.

The style consisted of geometric and angular shapes lots of use of chrome and ,shiny fabrics. Styled images of streamlined airplanes ,cars and cruise liners. Nature motifs like shells .ivory flowers where used it was all about glam and style.

During the 1920’s affordable traveling opened another window to other cultures and it made deco heavily influenced by different pre-modern art around the world .There was a lot of interest in  different archaeology sites due to exploration and excavations  like the tomb of Tutankhamen. Artist and designers integrated styles and different elements from all over the world. And where also influenced by Cubism ,Functionalism, constructive , modernism and futurism.

Art Deco Interior Design

Art Deco was an internationally admired style and affected many areas of design. It was used extensively in different  products such as automobiles, furniture, cookware, china, textiles, jewelry, clocks, and electronic items such as telephones, radios and jukeboxes. It also induced architecture, industrial design, interior design fashion, graphic arts, and cinema.

The damage that was created by the World War II made  Art Deco to decay in popularity: it was perceived by some as gaudy and inappropriately luxurious. A resurgence of interest began during the 1960s. Art Deco continues to inspire designers and is often used in present-day fashion, jewelry, and toiletries and movies.

During the period of art deco various artist have grown I popularity for there work and style in combining different aspects of the movment. Some of the famous artist and architectures are Frank Lloyd Wright ,Louis Comfort Tiffany and Eileen Gray .

Art Deco inspires me in many ways as it evolved int the the style because of traveling and exploration of different areas and countries in the world.And it combined different elements of different era into an interesting style whit different use of material. Art deco can be seen even in this modern era as different designer and artist combine and are influenced with art deco.



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