Essential Art Deco
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It explores the visual language of the style, juxtaposing source material and iconic Deco pieces to show how designers borrrowed from the cultures of Ancient Egypt, Meso-America, the oriental East and Africa and from the man-made world of skyscrapers and machines to develop a new and distinctive iconography.
Author: Ghislaine Wood
Format: Hardback, 96 pages, 197mm x 210mm, 486 g
Published: 2003, V & A Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: Fine Arts / Art History
Description
It explores the visual language of the style, juxtaposing source material and iconic Deco pieces to show how designers borrrowed from the cultures of Ancient Egypt, Meso-America, the oriental East and Africa and from the man-made world of skyscrapers and machines to develop a new and distinctive iconography.
Essential Art Deco