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Art Deco

Art Deco. 1920 – 1930s. short period like Art Nouveau development of the city leopard skins & new materials. Urban Life Exotic Materials Machine Aesthetic Man as Power, Woman as Object. Cubism. different views of on object all collaged together

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Art Deco

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  1. Art Deco 1920 – 1930s short period like Art Nouveau development of the city leopard skins & new materials Urban Life Exotic Materials Machine Aesthetic Man as Power, Woman as Object

  2. Cubism • different views of on object all collaged together • art movement overturning idea of traditional renaissance perspectives Les Demoiselles d’Avignon Picasso 1907

  3. Nude Descending a Staircase Marcel Duchamp 1912 • shows general interest in movement and motion • very abstract and geometricized

  4. cubism’s effect on decorative arts Portrait of Picasso Juan Gris

  5. Italian Futurism Unique Forms of Continuity in Space Umberto Boccioni 1913 It was time for them to create a new art for themselves, forged out of the beauty of speed and a glorification of war. Le Futurisme – Marinetti, 1925 • speed—automobile • war—worldwide unrest

  6. La Città Nuova, Antonio Sant'Elia 1914 • proposed what the new city of the future would look like • forms are abstracted and geometric

  7. Haute Couture Erte—uses attenuated line to illustrate elegance

  8. Egyptology King Tut’s tomb discovered in 1925—fascinating images—plays a role in design

  9. Howard Carter’s discovery brings about the second Egyptian Revival

  10. bird • Russian Ballet tours • Bakst—costume designer for ballet

  11. one of the Vanderbilt’s—just wanted her portrait done

  12. stage set Exit the Ballets Russes 1914 • about color & form • perspective & dimension are what is really being tweaked

  13. world seems to be getting a little bit smaller

  14. Transportation / Speed

  15. Speed, Harriet W. Frishmuth, 1925 (Radiator Cap) blurred horizontal line

  16. Machine Production see influence in repetitive motifs

  17. Chrysler Building, William Van Allen, 1929-1931 very rational—machine aesthetic

  18. Ruth Reeves.Manhattan and The American Scene.Block-printed cotton.254 x 94 cm.American, 1930.Made by W.& J. Sloane, New York.

  19. The Spirit of Walt Whitman John Storrs 1920 • example of “man as power” • massive, powerful, unyielding • rigid & muscular

  20. woman coming out of a number of skyscrapers—woman as object • smooth & sleek • attenuated Spirit of Modernism Frankart, Inc. 1930

  21. Art Deco actually began in France Pavillon d’un Collectionneur Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann 1925

  22. distinct interest in new technology but with no theory behind it • lavish ornamentation • superb craftsmanship • fine materials Pavillon d’un Collectionneur Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann 1925

  23. classical rotunda reference—modern attention to materials: Cuban mahogany, ebony (Indonesia), palisander (Brazil) veneers

  24. Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann • an ensembliers—French word for decorator or someone who creates ensembles

  25. ivory, tortoise shell & horn inlays • going all over the world for materials • textiles: galuchat leather (small spotted dogfish, silk Asia), parchment paneling

  26. rendering by Ruhlmann of room at Pavillon d’un Collectionneur

  27. Paul Poiret focuses on exoticism of the East—very fanciful

  28. focuses on exoticism of the East—very fanciful

  29. Gibson Hotel Lounge, Cincinnati, Joseph Urban, 1928 somewhat rationalized—furniture blends into large scale wallpaper

  30. a little more like Poiret • handpainted, lavish & elegant Roof Garden at St. Regis Hotel Joseph Urban NYC, 1927

  31. fairly restrained • elegance comes from materials • classical details—ionic volutes & urn “Lotus”, Dressing TableJacques-Emile RuhlmannOak and mahogany with amaranth and Andaman padouk veneer; ebony and ivory inlays; silvered bronze mirror frame and fittings; mirrored glass. French, about 1919-1925.

  32. furniture by Ruhlmann

  33. Bergeres Gondoles, Maurice Dufrene, 1913 • silver satin upholstery • splayed legs—Klismos influence • front legs meant to imitate a tassel

  34. skin of the spotted dog fish Stained beech and galuchat-veneered, meuble d’appui, Jean Michael Frank, c. 1927

  35. Waterfall and Stylized Bouquets classic Art Deco—goes back to repetition of forms

  36. Tea and Coffee Service, Peter Muller-Munk, 1932 shows an interest in simple, linear geometry—animal horn details

  37. Biche stag or deer—popular motif of era

  38. Salome and Radio Waylande Gregory c. 1920s symbol of something powerful—rare occasion that female is chosen Radio Salome

  39. Greek Dance Carl Paul Jennewein 1926 (gilt-bronze) women objectified—just about her body

  40. New York City 1916 Setback Zoning Law • France & Europe are much more romantic about Art Deco • much more rational in the U.S. • race to verticality • set back by 8 degrees to let light in

  41. wood frame to lighten weight • limestone veneer • emphasizes the vertical line—all the way up William Van Alen NYC, 1929-31

  42. Beaux Arts Ball, Hotel Astor, NY, 1931 architects dressed as their buildings

  43. almost a waterfall motif • chevron—popular motif • vertical line pulled forward • Gargoyles are like hood ornaments • Art Deco emphasizes the vertical

  44. really interested in how it looked at night • moved past Louis Sullivan and exposed bulb

  45. gargoyles

  46. automobile motif

  47. entry inspired by King Tut’s tomb

  48. chevrons • zig-zag motif (lightning) • glitzy • clean, almost futuristic

  49. “Energy and Man's Application of It”Edward Turnbull • lobby ceiling mural • elaborate and confusing • contains large image of the building, a plane, workers, and decorative patterns

  50. waterfall motif mimicking set-back law

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