Originating
in early twentieth-century France, Art Deco is a pastiche of artistic
styles, influenced by Cubism and Futurism, Egyptology and the Orient,
Ballet Russes and the Bauhaus. Alistair Duncan's exhaustive work surveys
one of the most exhilarating periods of decorative art, illuminating
the cultural fabric of the period, and discussing some of the century's
most influential artists and craftsmen and their works. From Edgar
Brandt's ornate ironwork for ocean liners, to Rene Lalique's celebrated
perfume bottles, to the Chrysler Building, Art Deco takes us
on a dazzling tour of one of the century's most vital decorative movements.
Antique Collector praises the book as "lavishly illustrated with photographs
of interiors as well as individual pieces . . . an invaluable book for
collectors."
Originating
in early twentieth-century France, Art Deco is a pastiche of artistic
styles, influenced by Cubism and Futurism, Egyptology and the Orient,
Ballet Russes and the Bauhaus. Alistair Duncan's exhaustive work surveys
one of the most exhilarating periods of decorative art, illuminating
the cultural fabric of the period, and discussing some of the century's
most influential artists and craftsmen and their works. From Edgar
Brandt's ornate ironwork for ocean liners, to Rene Lalique's celebrated
perfume bottles, to the Chrysler Building, Art Deco takes us
on a dazzling tour of one of the century's most vital decorative movements.
Antique Collector praises the book as "lavishly illustrated with photographs
of interiors as well as individual pieces . . . an invaluable book for
collectors."