Art Deco was the style that swept across the globe during the 1920s and 1930s and created the defining look of the interwar years. Its influence was ubiquitous: it touched the design of everything from jazz music to cinemas and Hollywood films to theMoreArt Deco was the style that swept across the globe during the 1920s and 1930s and created the defining look of the interwar years.
Its influence was ubiquitous: it touched the design of everything from jazz music to cinemas and Hollywood films to the packaging of cigarettes, from eveningwear and accessories to luxury liners and locomotives. discuss the phenomenon that was Art Deco - its sources, its varied forms of expression, and the way it refined and redefined itself as it spread throughout the world. With breathtaking illustrations and a text both thought-provoking and scholarly, it will stand as the definitive book on what was, arguably, the most popular style of the twentieth century.