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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherAbrams, Inc.
ISBN-100810919230
ISBN-139780810919235
eBay Product ID (ePID)335048
Product Key Features
Book TitleArt Deco Architecture : Design, Decoration, and Detail from the Twenties and Thirties
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1992
TopicDecoration & Ornament, History & Criticism, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), History / General
IllustratorYes
GenreDesign, Architecture
AuthorPatricia Bayer
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight57.6 Oz
Item Length11.8 in
Item Width9.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN92-007342
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal724.6
SynopsisThis exploration of Art Deco architectural design embraces many different times and places in its visual and verbal account of the movement's origins, development, and influence., This exploration of Art Deco architectural design embraces many different times and places in its visual and verbal account of the movements origins, development, and influence. Various types of architecture, the author explains, were termed Art Deco, and their antecedents were mixed and often surprising: Arts and Crafts, fin-de-siecle Vienna, Cubism, Expressionism, and the Bauhaus. Art Deco's sheer exuberance ensured its success across the globe, and it adapted to the most diverse situations, as shown by examples ranging from offices in Europe and gas stations in America to maharajahs' palaces in India and imperial dwellings in Japan. Public buildings of all kinds -- whether fountain or state capitol, skyscraper or bus terminal -- bear witness to its decades of popularity.