American Art Deco : txt
Alastair Duncan.
- 216p. ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. book
Includes index.
Include bibliography.
Contents: Introduction 7 -- Chapter One Furniture 11 -- Chapter Two Textiles 37 -- Chapter Three Ironwork and Lighting 57 -- Chapter Four Silver, Lacquer and Metalware 71 -- Chapter Five Glass 82 -- Chapter Six Ceramics 103 -- Chapter Seven Sculpture 121 -- Chapter Eight Paintings, Graphics, Posters and Bookbinding 142 -- Chapter Nine Jewelry 162 -- Chapter Ten Architecture 175 -- Bibliography 206 -- Index 210 --
Art Deco is one of the most exciting chapters in the history of the decorative arts. Conceived in France before the First World War, it spread throughout Europe and had its greatest and most spectacular success in the United States. Myriad influences shaped the style Cubism, Constructivism, Orientalism, the Ballets Russes, the Bauhaus and its exponents included many of the century's most celebrated artists, designers, and craftsmen. Alastair Duncan's guide is a history of the style, an encyclopaedia of its practitioners and a handbook for the enthusiast, student or collector --
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Art deco--United States. Art, Modern--United States.--20th century