Art Deco Questionairre

Where does art deco get it's name?

"La Societe des artistes decorateurs" the Exposition had been planned for 1915, but was delayed by the onset of World War I

When did art deco start?

1900

When did art deco end?

1945

describe art deco

ART

art deco architecture characteristics

Art Deco architecture is characterized by hard-edged, often richly embellished designs, accentuated by gleaming metal accents. Many of these buildings have a vertical emphasis, constructed in a manner intended to draw the eye upward. Rectangular, often blocky forms are arranged geometrically, with the addition of rooftop spires and/or curved ornamental elements to provide a streamlined effect.

Main reasons for this style (reaction to what?)

Art Deco was a direct response aesthetically and philosophically to the Art Nouveau style and to the broader cultural phenomenon of modernism. Art Nouveau began to fall out of fashion during WWI as many critics felt the elaborate detail, delicate designs, often expensive materials and production methods of the style were ill-suited to a challenging, unsettled, and increasingly more mechanized modern world. While the Art Nouveau movement derived its intricate, stylized forms from nature and extolled the virtues of the hand-crafted, the Art Deco aesthetic emphasized machine-age streamlining and sleek geometry.

Main characteristics

Art Deco's main visual characteristics derive from repetitive use of linear and geometric shapes including triangular, zigzagged, trapezoidal, and chevron-patterned forms. emphasis on modern technology

what period was before art deco

Art Nouveau.

Which famous New York City building is known for its Arteco design and chrome spire?

Chrysler Building

What art movements inspired Art Deco the most?

Cubism - geometric forms Constructivism - machine style forms Fauvism - clashing colors and designs exoticism - dance troupe, the Ballets Russes' costumes

POPULAR ART DECO FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS

Eileen Gray Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann Sue and Mare Raymond Subes Jules Leleu Pierre Patout René Prou Paul Kiss Edgar Brandt Christian Krass

FURNITURE CHARACTERISTICS

GEOMETRIC PATTERNS MODULAR DESIGN FABRIC CLASSES

TYPICAL FEATURES OF ART DECO FURNITURE

GLOSSY AND SLEEK INLAID WOOD PROMINENT LINES OPULENCE MOTIFS

major key players

Le Corbustier

Art Deco started in the Roaring Twenties, but where?

Paris

What company designed the first art deco car?

The Chrysler Airflow of 1933

What ended this period

The Great Depression made purely decorative designs and exotic materials seem irrelevant if not distasteful. Instead, as Jean Cocteau put it, a Return to Order, or the styles of old, took place. In 1937 came the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. Its emphasis on science and technology decisively, if unintentionally, marked the end of the Art Deco period. the start of the WW2 ended art deco in 1939

What event killed art deco?

The economic sanctions imposed by World War II caused Art Deco to decline in popularity

what was a requirement of the exposition in paris in 1925?

The primary requirement for inclusion (more than twenty countries were invited to participate) was that all works had to be thoroughly modern, no copying of historical styles of the past would be permitted.

MATERIALS USED IN ART DECO FURNITURE

WOOD MARBLE PLASTIC LACQUER METAL ANIMAL SKIN

what cultures inspired elements of Art Deco design?

aztec and mayan

what new things were introduced during this period

bakelite chrome plastic stainless steel aluminum

movements within art deco

bauhaus moderne DE STIJL

What 1920's discovery greatly influenced the Art Deco style?

discovery of king tuts tomb

art deco motifs

fan/shell ziggurat geometric lines typography finishes and furniture fountain and water swirl human figures in the nude animals plants Abstract geometric shapes

websites used to find info out:

http://www.sarahakwisombe.com/blog/2014/4/27/art-deco-style-101 http://www.theartstory.org/movement-art-deco.htm http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/art-deco.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/frdc/hd_frdc.htm http://www.allsands.com/fashion/fashion/artdeco_rmo_gn.htm https://www.thecultureconcept.com/art-deco-a-revolution-of-design-style-for-the-modern-age https://www.thespruce.com/art-deco-vs-art-moderne-148869 https://theculturetrip.com/europe/france/paris/articles/a-history-of-art-deco-in-1-minute/ http://www.decolish.com/ArtDecoFurniture.html http://www.ebay.com/gds/How-to-Identify-Art-Deco-Furniture-/10000000177317380/g.html http://study.com/academy/lesson/art-deco-furniture-history-style.html http://www.artdecodesign.info/art-deco-furniture-characteristics/ http://www.artdecodesign.info/influence-of-art-deco-design-on-furniture/

thrived within what era

jazz era

what period came after art deco

modernism

Where did art deco start?

paris

What was going on in the World when Art Deco began?

roaring twenties,

what happened that art deco began

the art nouveau style declined due to the rise of industrialization.