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While the Stanford Theatre is recognized as a landmark by the Art Deco Society of California, some purists may have a nit to ...
Art deco, short for Arts Décoratifs, turns 100 years old this year. In celebration of this AN looks back at the style’s origins and its relevance today.
Art Deco architecture: the origins and characteristics. In 1925, however, the term 'Art Deco' did not exist. Its inaugural use appeared in the 1960s when the very first major exhibition delving into ...
Robert Landau, who began photographing L.A. during the late 1960s, has a new Art Deco photo book out from Angel City Press, along with an exhibit at WeHo's Denenberg Fine Arts Gallery.
The 1,046-foot-tall Chrysler Building, completed in May of 1930, was the pinnacle of both the then-unnamed Art Deco period and the skyscraper boom that rapidly transformed New York City’s skyline.
Art Deco is a design movement that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, defined by bold geometry, rich colors, and lavish ornamentation. Blending influences from Cubism, Futurism, Bauhaus, and ancient ...
Our Art Deco Centenary series rounds off where it began, with the 1925 exposition in Paris. We take a look at 10 stand-out structures built for the landmark event, which catapulted art deco onto ...
Art Deco may be hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Its architecture is at once angular—associated with shapes such as chevrons and triangles—and arcs.
France has a significant history with both film and art deco. The Éden Théâtre in La Ciotat, southern France, claims to be the world's oldest purpose-built cinema – completed in 1889, it is ...
Specifically concerning architecture, Art Deco is largely about verticality, as new engineering techniques and materials led ...
Art Deco architecture turns 100; take our world tour of its lesser-known marvels. Art Deco architecture can be found across the globe, a 20th-century genre that influenced all building scales and ...