Art Deco 1910-1939
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Art Deco 1910-1939 (2003) is a book on art deco by Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Ghislaine Wood.
Blurb to the accompanying book Essential Art Deco:
A complete overview of one of the most visually stunning and popular eras of the 20th century--Art Deco--in one exquisitely designed compendium. The glamour, vibrancy, and high style of the Art Deco age comes to life in this handsome companion to the "Art Deco 1910-1939" exhibition, on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and soon to travel through North America. From the birth of the skyscraper to streamlining and futuristic design, Essential Art Deco traces the origins of the style from many places, including Egypt, which had a tremendous influence after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen. The international scope of the style is emphasized with examples from Europe and the United States, as well as India, South America, Australasia, and East Asia, and all elements of the style are covered, from jewelry and accessories to the decorative arts, automobiles, and architecture. With imagery ranging from highly decorative to spare and futuristic, ESSENTIAL ART DECO is an exciting new take on the style of the '20s and '30s.
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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, Tim Benton.
