The glamorous style of the 1920s and 1930s, named after the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs: stepped profiles, sunbursts, zigzags and rich materials, machine-age optimism made ornamental. Its greatest monuments are the New York skyscrapers of the boom years, the Chrysler Building above all.
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PeriodThe 1925 Paris exposition gave the style its name; its motifs were forming in the years just before. PeriodMarks the outbreak of World War II, after which Art Deco lost its international dominance to modernist, unornamented styles. Origin Region Art Deco
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Streamline Moderne is a later, more aerodynamic and curvilinear development out of Art Deco.
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Source 111 West 57th Street (Wikipedia)
Source Canterbury Castle (Portland, Oregon) (Wikipedia)
Source Chicago Board of Trade Building, Wikipedia
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Source Cincinnati Union Terminal (Wikipedia)
Source Claridge's (Wikipedia)
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Source Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris (Wikidata)
Source Golden Gate Bridge (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Hotel Nacional de Cuba
Source Isokon Building (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Los Angeles City Hall
Source Wikidata: Macy's Herald Square
Source Marine Air Terminal - Wikipedia
Source Minnesota Veterans Home (Wikipedia)
Source National Diet Building - Wikipedia
Source Rockefeller Center (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: The Savoy
Source Sunshine School (San Francisco, California) (Wikipedia)
Source The Dorchester, Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: The Savoy
Source United States Bullion Depository (Wikipedia)
Source Villa Domergue (Wikidata)
Source Villa Grock (Wikipedia)
Source Villa Isola (Wikipedia)
Source Waldorf Astoria New York (Wikipedia)
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.britannica.com/art/Art-Deco, lead definition
Art Deco, movement in the decorative arts and architecture that originated in the 1910s and 1920s in western Europe and developed into a major style in the United States during the 1930s.
- Notable Examples: Chrysler Building
- Notable Examples: Empire State Building
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Art Deco was an international style but, after the outbreak of World War II, it lost its dominance to the functional and unadorned styles of modern architecture.
Rockefeller Center (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Rockefeller Center, lead paragraph, second sentenceQuote, Notable Examples: Rockefeller Center, lead paragraph, second sentence
The 14 original Art Deco buildings, commissioned by the Rockefeller family
Wikipedia: The Savoy
Wikipedia- Notable Examples: The Savoy, infobox architectural_style field: Art Deco
- Notable Examples: Savoy Hotel, infobox architectural_style field: Art Deco
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Notable Examples: National Diet Building, infobox architectural_style field: Art DecoView the Source Wikipedia: Los Angeles City Hall
Notable Examples: Los Angeles City Hall, infobox architectural_style field: Art DecoView the Source Isokon Building (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Isokon Building, infobox architectural_style field: Art Deco, Bauhaus, modernistView the Source Villa Empain
Notable Examples: Villa Empain, infobox architectural_style field: Art DecoView the Source Villa Isola (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Isola, infobox architectural_style field: Art-decoView the Source Wikidata: Macy's Herald Square
Notable Examples: Macy's Herald Square, Infobox style field: Palladian, Art DecoView the Source Villa Grock (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Grock, Infobox style field: Jugendstil, Art DecoView the Source Minnesota Veterans Home (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Minnesota Veterans Home, Infobox, architectureQuote, Notable Examples: Minnesota Veterans Home, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Classical Revival, Art Deco, Romanesque
111 West 57th Street (Wikipedia)
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architectural_style: Neo-Art Deco (residential tower); Neoclassical (Steinway Hall)
Marine Air Terminal - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Marine Air Terminal, Infobox, architectureQuote, Notable Examples: Marine Air Terminal, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Art Deco
United States Bullion Depository (Wikipedia)
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architecture: Art Deco
Sunshine School (San Francisco, California) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Sunshine School (San Francisco, California), Infobox, architectureQuote, Notable Examples: Sunshine School (San Francisco, California), Infobox, architecture
architecture: Spanish colonial revival, Art Deco, Moorish revival
Waldorf Astoria New York (Wikipedia)
WikipediaNotable Examples: Waldorf Astoria New York, IntroductionQuote, Notable Examples: Waldorf Astoria New York, Introduction
Located at 301 Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, it is a 47-story, 625 ft (191 m) Art Deco structure designed by architects Schultze and Weaver and completed in 1931.
Cincinnati Union Terminal (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Cincinnati Union Terminal, Wikipedia categoriesQuote, Notable Examples: Cincinnati Union Terminal, Wikipedia categories
Category:Art Deco architecture in Ohio
Claridge's (Wikipedia)
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Category:Art Deco architecture in London
Canterbury Castle (Portland, Oregon) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Canterbury Castle (Portland, Oregon), Wikipedia categoriesQuote, Notable Examples: Canterbury Castle (Portland, Oregon), Wikipedia categories
Category:Art Deco architecture in Portland, Oregon
Chicago Board of Trade Building, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Chicago Board of Trade Building, Wikipedia categoriesQuote, Notable Examples: Chicago Board of Trade Building, Wikipedia categories
Category:Art Deco architecture in Illinois
The Dorchester, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: The Dorchester, Wikipedia categoriesQuote, Notable Examples: The Dorchester, Wikipedia categories
Category:Art Deco architecture in London
Golden Gate Bridge (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Golden Gate Bridge, Wikipedia categoriesQuote, Notable Examples: Golden Gate Bridge, Wikipedia categories
Category:Art Deco architecture in California
Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris, Wikidata P149Quote, Notable Examples: Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris, Wikidata P149
architectural style: Art Deco architecture
Wikidata: Hotel Nacional de Cuba
Notable Examples: Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Wikidata P149Quote, Notable Examples: Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Wikidata P149
architectural style: Art Deco
Villa Domergue (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Villa Domergue, Wikidata P149Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Domergue, Wikidata P149
architectural style: Art Deco
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