This address book showcases modern Italian graphic design, known for its bold typography and streamlined imagery, in a format that is both practical and gorgeous. With striking tab art, bilingual captions, and a section for special dates, Art Deco Addresses is perfect for graphic designers, and anyone in love with an Italian aesthetic.
Mediterranean to the colonial outposts of Asia and Africa." "In the most comprehensive account of the decorative arts of the Art Deco period ever assembled, Alastair Duncan celebrates the rich...
He follows Art Deco's influence in Europe and its spread to the Americas and Asia. Most importantly, this wideranging volume looks beyond the era of Art Deco's origination to the present day.
This book is a must for those who love New York and thrill to Art Deco architecture._ _ Andrew Scott Dolkart, author of The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908_1929
A stunning, illustrated survey of Art Deco architecture throughout America celebrates sevety-five innovative guilding that reveal not only the finest principles of Deco design but also a regional individualism that typifies the best in Art ...
This exploration of Art Deco architectural design embraces many different times and places in its visual and verbal account of the movement's origins, development, and influence.
Opening with an authoritative overview of the Art Deco movement and including biographies of each of the artists, this is a compact and affordable reference work and a beautifully designed book for every art lover's library.
Over 200 black-and-white photographs and incisive commentary on one of the most popular decorative styles of the 20th century, including remarks by Lewis Mumford, Frank Lloyd Wright, Norman Bel Geddes, and Edward Steichen.
CENTAURS: HAMILL ESTATE 1 Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History (New York: Abrams, 2001), 436–37; ... Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest: Architecture and Landscape Design, 1856–1940.
Characterized by distinctive, curved surfaces and sleek, streamlined finishes, the elegant lines of Art Deco style influenced many aspects of art and architecture — from skyscrapers to jewelry.
The dominant style in architecture and design of the 1920s and 30s, Art Deco was an exuberant reaction to the austerity of the war years. Characterized by geometric shapes, stylized...