View
14
Download
2
Category
Preview:
Citation preview
Art DECO
Art Deco
Art Deco Art Deco
Art DECO
Art Deco
Art Deco Art Deco
Art DECO (1925-50s) followed
Art Nouveau and was succeeded by
Modernism (with which it competed as
a style after World War 2).
Art DECO affected ALL FORMS OF DESIGN, from the fine and
decorative arts to fashion, film, photography, transport and product design.
It covered a period of
history that included the
boom of the roaring
1920s and the bust of
the Depression-ridden
1930s, fading in
importance through
World War 2 and
ending in the 50s.
Art deco began in Europe, at the Paris Exposition of 1925
and continued as the main style until the late 1930s.
But … Art Deco ideas started a lot earlier. Campbeltown
cinema opened on 26th May 1913 but includes elements of Art
Deco styling ( as well as Art Nouveau)
The ART Deco style
chrome, glass, shiny fabrics, mirrors and mirror tiles
stylised images of aeroplanes, cars, cruise liners, skyscrapers
nature motifs - shells, sunrises, flowers
theatrical contrasts - highly polished wood, glossy black lacquer mixed with satin and furs
The stepped profile is typical of the art deco shape, found everywhere from uplighters to picture surrounds. Also zigzags, chevrons, key patterns and lightning bolts
Eclecticism
Eclecticism
Eclecticism
Art Deco: Design Influences
Art Deco drew on many sources and designers borrowed
from arts of Africa, Egypt, America and machine imagery
from industrial products
After Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered in 1922, Egyptian
pyramids and sphinxes adorned everything.
Tutankamun’s tomb yielded major motifs whose design was
incorporated into Art Deco architecture and engineering as were
other Egyptian forms – scarabs (beetles), jewellery, pyramids ,
furniture – there was even a dress based on mummy wrappings.
It was not just for the elite. By the 1930s, mass production meant
that everyone could live in the deco style. Travel became popular
and trains, boats, planes and cars incorporated the lines of Egyptian
art.
The same lines and forms were ‘re-invented’ as
streamlining for the Coronation Scot designed by William
Stanier in the 1930s
Folk art, heavily influenced Art Deco.
Its appeal represented an authentic ‘tribal’
cultural source, while its simple geometric
patterns were easily modernised.
Maya clothing
The architect Frank Lloyd Wright had a career
that spanned Art Nouveau, Art Deco and
Modernism.
This stained glass motif repeated three times in
this window is called ‘The Tree of Life’ (Yggdrasil’)
It has a narrow central ‘ trunk’ and diamond
shaped ‘leaves’
The geometric patterns owed much to Hopi and
Navajo Native Indian diamond and zigzag patterns
and the designs of Aztec and Maya Arts from
Central America
Zigzags were very popular on buildings and
appeared on many cinema fronts.
This was a boom time for the film industry as
‘talkies’ only emerged at the end of the twenties.
Everybody went to the cinema at least once a
week and TV was in its infancy.
ART DECO – Reinventing Tradition
Geometric Navajo Indian rug design
The Chrysler Building is the most famous Art
Deco skyscraper and includes both rounded and
zigzag motifs. Built 1928-30
Stained glass lamps by Tiffany of New York were
very popular and used many geometric elements and
the bright colours of native art.
The Empire State Building was designed in two
weeks by William Lamb. It is not pure Art Deco but
includes other elements too.
The tiered Empire State Building is reminiscent of
tiered Aztec temples and this borrowing of style is
typical Art Deco
Rounded corners, curved frontages and strong
vertical elements are typical Art Deco as is the
white stucco finish
The White House Edinburgh
Liverpool Philharmonic Building
Trains came to represent prestige, speed and
modernity and streamlined trains, such as the
Gresley A4 – (Mallard was the fastest steam
locomotive ever), went into service in nearly every
country during the 1930s.
The Art Deco age was one of the most
extraordinary in the history of travel. It
marked the expansion of mass travel and the
high point of exclusive, luxury travel like the
Orient Express.
Technology meant ships, planes and trains
were streamlined and air travel expanded
massively through the 30s as did cars.
Art Deco - Travel
.
Art DECO
Art Deco
Art Deco Art Deco
Japanese Government Railways poster, 1937
The most luxurious of the vast ocean liners was
the Normandie, which became the ultimate
symbol of national prestige. Completed in 1933 and
costing over £50 million, she was decorated and
furnished by top French Art Deco designers
Striking designs for posters and marketing material also emphasized speed and comfort as characteristics of the modern
world.
Fritz Lang’s film Metropolis celebrates Art
Deco and Modernist cityscape in a similar
way to the Japanese poster
Japanese Travel poster with Art Deco cityscape and
futuristic elevated rail system
Travel and Film posters were a major feature of the 20s
and 30s as both types of leisure grew enormously
through this period
The number of cars on the roads expanded
enormously in the 30s. This Rolls Royce design was
aimed at the top end of the market for wealthy
customers as a status symbol.
This is actually a RETRO design as it was a later copy
of Art deco styling
Sand-blasted glass panel for Pilkingtons Glass, St
Helens, UK, 1933-38.
ART DECO – Exotic & Modern
Art Deco celebrated black African culture
ART Deco at the time
1912 RMS Titanic sails
1922 Tutankhamun's tomb is discovered
1931 Empire State Building is completed
Film stars - Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich,
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire
The charleston and tango were the latest
dance crazes, jazz is born
Strong repeated geometric patterns
ART DECO
Fabrics & Wallpapers
Bright floral patterns - often with simple geometry
ART DECO - Lighting
Tiffany – pyramidal and stained glass patterns
Futuristic Machine Age circular forms with reflective
and mirrored surfaces in chrome and glass
Zigzags and twisted flowing metallic spirals
ART DECO - Furniture
Rugs - floors would have been overlaid with a large rug in geometric patterns. These were
often handmade by artists.
Fireplaces - fireplaces should be rectangular
and bold. Often tiled in pink, green or beige.
They were made of concrete - not many
survive today.
Colour - bold colour schemes such as silver,
black, chrome, yellow and red. Creams,
greens and beige, or oyster and eau-de-nil.
Cupboards - cabinets, wardrobes, etc
should be in pale veneered wood and simple
shapes in keeping with the light, airy feel.
ART Deco - influences
La Danse furnishing fabric, c 1920.
Frank Lloyd Wright Dining Room Furniture
he designed the furniture and fixtures as well as the houses
Art nouveau – Art deco retained the natural motifs but simplified the flowing organic shapes and pastels for bolder materials and colours such as chrome and black
Cubism - painters such as Picasso were experimenting with space, angles and geometry. Diamonds and chevrons were ‘borrowed’ from Hopi and Navajo Native Indian tribal art and Aztec and Maya.
Early Hollywood - the glamorous world of the silver screen filtered through to design using shiny fabrics, subdued lighting, and mirrors. Cocktail cabinets and smoking paraphernalia became highly fashionable
The ART Deco look - in the home
Furniture - strong, streamlined shapes for furniture –
and single pieces rather than suites.
Fabrics - plain or geometric fabrics with highlights for
example cushions in one solid block of colour.
Floors - Plain polished wood parquet. Lino in abstract
designs or black and white chequerboard vinyl tiles are
also typical.
Lighting - lights featuring female figures holding the ball
of the lamp are typical using chrome and glass. Glass
would have been etched, sandblasted or enamelled and
tinted (rather than brightly coloured)
http://www.decodevotion.co.uk/art-deco-websites.htm#
This Pop Art Chair from the 1960s is influenced
by Art Deco. This is RETRO style and Art Deco
motifs are still very popular
Recommended