Art Deco

(proper noun)

A style of decorative art and architecture originating in the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by bold geometric forms and simple composition.

Related Terms

Examples of Art Deco in the following topics:

  • American Art Deco Architecture

    • Art Deco and Streamline Moderne were two key styles of early 20th century American architecture.
    • Modern American architecture is usually divided into the two styles of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne.
    • Streamline Moderne, also known as Art Moderne, was a late type of the Art Deco design style that emerged during the 1930s.
    • Streamline Moderne was both a reaction to Art Deco and a reflection of austere economic times.
    • However, Art Deco and Streamline Moderne were not necessarily opposites.

  • Contemporary Indian Art

    • Though the group was dissolved in 1956, it was profoundly influential in changing the idiom of Indian art.
    • Mumbai's Nariman Point is famous for its Art Deco buildings; other notable works include the Lotus Temple in New Delhi (also known as the Bahá'í House, recognized for its flower-like shape) and modern urban developments like Chandigarh.
    • The India Art Fair, previously known as the India Art Summit, is an Indian modern and contemporary art fair held annually in New Delhi.
    • First held in 2008, it is India's largest art fair and includes paintings, sculptures, photography, mixed media, prints, drawings, and video art.
    • Over the years, the fair has showcased Indian modernists (including those from the Progressive Artists' Group), Indian diaspora artists, contemporary Indian art, international artists, and art from the subcontinent.

  • Painting and Sculpture

    • Art in the American Southwest developed a unique style following the First World War.
    • The 1920s marked another significant development in American art, known as the Harlem Renaissance.
    • Sculpture at this time was marked by Modern Classicism, or the revitalization of the classical Greek traditions in modern sculpture, as well as the early beginnings of art deco - a much more linear and symmetrical style marked by elegance, functionality and modernity.
    • When the Great Depression hit in 1929 and 1930, the economic and political landscape of the country ushered in a new era of art that would later become known as New Deal Art.
    • Discuss the early 20th century art movements, including American Realism, the Harlem Renaissance, Modern Classicist sculpture, and the landscape images of the Southwest.

  • Art History Methodology

  • Paleolithic Art

  • Mesolithic Art

  • Neolithic Art

  • Contemporary Art

    • Contemporary art is the overall production of art made after World War II.
    • The predominant term for art produced since the 1950s is Contemporary Art.
    • In some descriptions post-modernism as a period in art history is completed, whereas in others it is a continuing movement in Contemporary art.
    • In art, the specific traits of modernism which are cited generally consist of: formal purity, medium specificity, art for art's sake, the possibility of authenticity in art, the importance or even possibility of universal truth in art, and the importance of an avant-garde and originality.
    • This last point is one of particular controversy in art, where many institutions argue that being visionary, forward-looking, cutting edge, and progressive are crucial to the mission of art in the present, and that postmodern art therefore represents a contradiction of the value of art of our times.

  • Using Art

    • The ways in which we use art depend on the type of art in question.
    • The ways in which we use art depend on the type of art in question.
    • Motivated art is art that has been given an intentional, conscious purpose by the artist or creator such as popular culture and decorative arts.
    • Art can have ritualistic and symbolic functions.
    • Differentiate between motivated and non-motivated art, and between the functions of fine arts, popular art, and decorative arts

  • Art Nouveau

    • Art Nouveau is an international style of art (especially the decorative arts) and architecture that was most popular from 1890–1910.
    • Art Nouveau is an international style of art and architecture that was most popular from 1890–1910 AD.
    • The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art".
    • Maison de l'Art Nouveau was the name of the gallery initiated during 1895 by the German art dealer Samuel Bing in Paris that featured exclusively modern art.
    • Artists thus desired to combine the fine arts and applied arts, even for utilitarian objects.