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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.
Articles related to the decorative arts, arts or crafts whose object is the design and manufacture of objects that are both beautiful and functional. It includes most of the arts making objects for the interiors of buildings, and interior design, but not usually architecture.
The distinction between the decorative and fine arts essentially arose from the post-renaissance art of the West, where the distinction is for the most part meaningful. This distinction is much less meaningful when considering the art of other cultures and periods, where the most valued works, or even all works, include those in decorative media.
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.
Pages in category "Decorative arts museums in the United States" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Date Reference Ace Art Company: Reading: 1924 B B Chemical Company: Cambridge: 1937 Berkeley Building: Boston: 1947 Boston Arts Academy (former Fenway High School) Boston: Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Company (now Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum) Boston: 1936 Calvin Coolidge Bridge: Northampton to Hadley: 1936 Cape Cinema interiors Dennis: 1930
The Archives of American Art is the largest collection of primary resources documenting the history of the visual arts in the United States.More than 20 million items of original material [1] are housed in the Archives' research centers in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
American art educators (227 P) American folklore (21 C, 144 P) Arts awards in the United States (6 C, 19 P) D. American design (9 C, 5 P) F. Arts festivals in the ...