Art Deco (1925 - 1939)

American Streamline

Lean years of Great Depression. More modest version of Deco also developed

Architecture Examples

Rockefeller Center, Chrysler Building, Buffalo City Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Radio City Music Hall, Circle Tower, Indianapolis

Furnishings

Usage of Everyday Items

Transportation

Train, Car (Chrysler Airflow), Bugatti, Dragonfly Mascot

Fashion

Louise Brooks - bowl cuts

Advertising/Editorial

Chanel perfume, Fridges, Cigarettes, magazines,

Lester Beall

Poster for Rural Electrification Administration

Jean Carlu

Poster for the Office of Emergency Management

Josef Binder

Poster for the New York World’s Fair

A.M. Cassandre

Various type and art for posters and magazines

E. McKnight Kauffer

Poster Promoting Allied Unity

Erte

Japanese inspired style prints

JC Leyendecker

His own covers

Tamara de Lempicka

lots of human faces. Faces centered on work, cold portraits

Charles Demuth

Figure 5 in Gold

Work Progress Administration

Federal Art Project 1935 - 1939

Key visual inspirations for Art Deco

1. Radical geometric gorms like zig zags and scallops

2. “Exotic” influences like Aztec, Assyrian, and Egyptian motifs

3. Mythological themes

4. Jazz Culture

FAP - Federal Art Project

organization that provided artists with funding during Great Depressiondealing with public serving announcements, public murals or nation park promotion

Deco’s Ingredients

Streamline Pyramid