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Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs (lit. ' Decorative Arts '), [1] is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), [2] and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s.
The domain of Art Deco glass art in Paris was dominated by René Lalique, who had first made his reputation at the 1900 Paris Exposition, when he was the first jeweler use glass in jewelry. Besides table glassware, he designed a wide variety of glass art objects, both practical and decorative, including glass hood ornaments for luxury automobiles.
The Art Deco style, which originated in France just before World War I, had an important impact on architecture and design in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.The most notable examples are the skyscrapers of New York City, including the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and Rockefeller Center.
Art Deco stamps are postage stamps designed in the Art Deco style, which was a popular international design style in the 1920s through the 1930s. The style is marked by the use of "geometric motifs, curvilinear forms, sharply defined outlines, often bold colors", [ 1 ] and a fascination with machinery and modernity. [ 2 ]
Great Eastern Hotel, Manila (demolished)-This was the tallest art-deco hotel in the Philippines. Hap Hong Building, Manila, 1938; Heacock Building, (Fernando Ocampo, Tomas Arguelles, and George Koster), Manila, 1938(demolished) Hidalgo-Lim house, (Juan Nakpil), Manila, 1930; High Commissioner's Residence, 1940
Media in category "Art Deco" This category contains only the following file. Jacques Doucet's hôtel particulier, 33 rue Saint-James, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1929 photograph Pierre Legrain.jpg 565 × 766; 97 KB
This is a list of buildings that are examples of the Art Deco architectural style in Pennsylvania, United States. Erie. Boston Store, Erie, 1929;
Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings." Roadside Architecture.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03. "Art Deco Society of Boston, Art Deco Architecture, Art Deco Information". Retrieved 2019-01-03. Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 2022-09-06 "Court House Lover". Flickr. Retrieved 2022-09-06 "The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture". Archived from the ...