- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: Bulfinch (Jun 11 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0821228323
- ISBN-13: 978-0821228326
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 1.6 x 21.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #304,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sexy, modern, and unabashedly consumer-oriented, Art Deco was a new kind of style, flourishing at a time of rapid technological change and social upheaval. Lacking the philosophical basis of other European design movements, Deco borrowed motifs from numerous sources--Japan, Africa, ancient Egyptian and Mayan cultures, avant-garde European art--simply to create novel visual effects. Art Deco 1910-1939 surveys the sources and development of the popular style with more than 400 color illustrations and 40 chapters by numerous design specialists. The authors track Deco around the globe, from Paris to the United States—-where it got its biggest boost from mass production—-to Northern and Central Europe, Latin America, Japan, India, and New Zealand. The book's broad focus encompasses industrial artifacts (the Hindenburg blimp, the Burlington Zephyr locomotive), as well as architecture, furniture, accessories, fashion, jewelry, typography and poster design. Despite the existence of other prominent artistic movements during the 1920s and '30s, the authors tend to hang the Deco label on virtually any object that portrays the effects of technology or employs color, luxury materials or artificial light in striking ways. It does seem a stretch to include Man Ray's photographs, Sonia Delaunay's textiles and the movie King Kong in the Deco pantheon. But the great strength of Art Deco 1910-1939 is that it reveals the social context of Deco, not just its pretty face. The book accompanies an exhibition (organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London) at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto through January 4, 2004; subsequent venues are San Francisco and Boston. —Cathy Curtis
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The most glamorous time for fashion in the 20th century--the Jazz Age--shimmers with trademark exuberance in this first-ever compendium of the style of the Art Deco era. From flapper dresses to feathers, fashion exploded during the Roaring '20s, when clothes became a symbol of a more liberated lifestyle and epitomized the glamour and youthful excitement of the Jazz Age. Hemlines and waistlines slowly crept toward each other as the motto for style--and life--became "Anything Goes!" In Art Deco Fashion the world of Hollywood and F. Scott Fitzgerald comes to life in images of beaded evening dresses for dancing the Charleston; sporty outfits for golf, tennis, and swimming; and clothes designed for traveling in luxury liners, trains, or in streamlined cars. Accented with posters, photographs, and images from fashion magazines of the era, this sumptuous volume presents a thorough and stunning review of Deco fashion.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Amazing!!! Well put together,
By "echo-beach" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Art Deco Fashion (Hardcover)
So many books out there on the subject of historical clothing are over priced and has pictures printed in black and white, with text making up the bulk of the book. So I was suprised when this book came from Amazon... you get a hardback full colour well writen book with beautiful pictures, art and information. Thankfully, the V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum, UK) played a large role in the book. They are the foremost authority on historical clothing, of any period. Not only does it cover clothing, it goes on to talk and illustrate deco hair tips, sporting fashions, 20's designers from A-Z, fashion icons and much more. A beautiful book worth every penny.
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4.4 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews) 77 of 78 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing!!! Well put together,
By "echo-beach" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Art Deco Fashion (Hardcover)
So many books out there on the subject of historical clothing are over priced and has pictures printed in black and white, with text making up the bulk of the book. So I was suprised when this book came from Amazon... you get a hardback full colour well writen book with beautiful pictures, art and information. Thankfully, the V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum, UK) played a large role in the book. They are the foremost authority on historical clothing, of any period. Not only does it cover clothing, it goes on to talk and illustrate deco hair tips, sporting fashions, 20's designers from A-Z, fashion icons and much more. A beautiful book worth every penny. 20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Art Deco Fashion,
By R. Weissler - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Art Deco Fashion (Hardcover)
This book would have been better titled Art Deco Fashion of the 1920s. If you are interested in the entire span of art deco fashion that includes the 1930s, this isn't the book for you. Although the inside jacket says it was written to coincide with a major exhibition Art Deco 1910-1939, the 30s are all but forgotten.
If you are looking fr a book that covers fashion of the entire period, look elsewhere. 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Bee's Knees!!!,
By Mary Redcliffe - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Art Deco Fashion (Hardcover)
Fabulous, simply fabulous!!!
If you have any interest in fashion history, the roaring '20s, or beauty, itself, then this glorious little tome is for you. Compact and precise, filled with incredible images, you will drink it in and look to it again and again. A treasure! |
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