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-'''''The World of Art Deco''''' is the title of an exposition held at the [[Minneapolis Institute of Arts]] from [[July 8]] to [[September 5]] [[1971]].+'''''The World of Art Deco''''' is the title of an exposition held at the [[Minneapolis Institute of Arts]] from [[July 8]] to [[September 5]] [[1971]]. The exhibition was curated by British art historian [[Bevis Hillier]], and popularized the term [[Art Deco]]. Hillier's 1971 book ''[[The World of Art Deco]]'' provided a record of the exhibition.
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-Art Deco was initially called '''Style Moderne'''. The term ''Art Deco'' was derived from the [[Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes|Exposition of 1925]], though it was not until the late 1960s that this term was coined by art historian [[Bevis Hillier]], and popularized by his 1968 book ''Art Deco of the 20s and 30s''. In the summer of 1969, Hillier conceived organizing an exhibition called at the . After this event, interest in Art Deco peaked with the publication of Hillier's 1971 book ''[[The World of Art Deco]]'', a record of the exhibition.+
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The World of Art Deco is the title of an exposition held at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts from July 8 to September 5 1971. The exhibition was curated by British art historian Bevis Hillier, and popularized the term Art Deco. Hillier's 1971 book The World of Art Deco provided a record of the exhibition.




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