American Art Deco - Modernistic Architecture and Regionalism

Klappentext Art deco architecture flourished in large cities and small towns throughout America in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of the best examples office buildings, movie theaters, hotels, and churches are still in use. Deco architects, artists, and designers drew on European styles but were most committed to a style that grew organically, as they saw it, from their native soil. Two themes bound Deco buildings and their decorative schemes together: a regional pride that tied buildings to their specific locales and functions, and a growing national symbolism that asserted the buildings' identity as uniquely, independently American. American Art Deco features description sand over 500 color photographs of seventy-five lavish and innovatively designed buildings across the country that have been preserved both outside and in, giving the full scope of this beloved, exciting style. Zusammenfassung A lavishly illustrated survey of American Art Deco architecture.

Product details

• Authors: Carla Breeze, Breeze Carla, Carla Breeze
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2003
• EAN: 9780393019704
• ISBN: 978-0-393-01970-4
• Dimensions: 256 mm x 280 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; USA, Art Deco, ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Architectural structure & design, ART / History / General, ART / American / General, History of Art, United States of America, USA, Architectural structure and design, Art & design styles: Art Deco