Art Deco

Art Deco was a popular international art design movement from 1925 until the 1940s, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts, and film. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, glamorous, functional, and modern. As any Art movement and/or designs, you can always make an argument that pieces of Art deco was influenced from older pieces of Art.

Here are a few Examples of Art Deco;

A stained glass window. This window represents classic Art Deco Geometric shapes and designs. It has a very simple and modern look to it. the shapes and colours compliment eacother for a very orginal art deco look which comes accorss very attractive and pretty.

This entrance is also influenced by classic Art Deco. The shapes and designs around the door are very symmetrical and geometric. it has a very elegant and squared look/effect. the artwork on the stone is very original and all ties in together for a complete decorative look. the frame around the door was either created in the art deco period or definetly influenced by other art deco furniture.

Looking at Many Art Deco buildings you can argue that they where influenced by earlier Art.

above is the tikal, Guatemala building 8th centuary AD, and just underneath is the wisconsin gas building USA. many could argue that this art deco building was directly influenced by this earlier building in guatemala.

this hotel on the forfront of miami beach is a perfect of example of a building built using the the ideas and influenced by the art deco era. the curvature of the brickwork on the front, bright colours and circular designs have definetly been infleunced by buildings from that era. it comes across very attractive and makes this hotel very famous.