HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
ART DECO STYLE
SUBITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:
AR. PRAGYA JAIN LAKSHAY DRALL
SEM-V, SEC- “B”
INTRODUCTION
• Art Deco is essentially a style of
decoration which was applied to
buildings as well as home decor,
jewelry, and clothing.
• Everything was geometric and cubic.
• Art Deco also incorporates a lot of
contrasts, such as color palates of
chrome and cobalt blue, and crystal
and black.
• Clean shapes and elegant lines are
emphasized.
• The architecture and applied arts of the
period reveal a varied mix.
• From luxurious objects made from exotic
materials to mass produced, streamlined
items available to a growing middle class,
the world of Art Deco represents a
"graciousness of form" from a simpler
time.
• Art deco is similar to the earlier Art
Nouveau style, but with a more Modernist
esthetic.
• Art Nouveau is characterized by
intricately detailed patterns of curving
lines.
• Art deco architects and artists include:
– Rene Lalique (French glassmaker),
– Jean Dunand (Swiss designer),
– Frank Lloyd Wright and Raymond
Hood (American architects),
– Jean Dupas (French designer),
– William Van Alen (American
architect),
– Paul Manship (American
sculptor),
– C. Paul Jennewein (German
sculptor),
– Erte (Russian/French painter &
designer),
– Tamara de Lempicka (Polish
painter) .
• Art Deco is widely used in many areas as
a decoration style, such as architecture,
interiors, furnishing, fine arts, handmade
crafts, posters, and industrial design.
• Art Deco was influenced by the modern
art movements of Cubism, Futurism, and
Constructivism; however.
• Art Deco designers use stepped forms,
rounded corners, triple- striped
decorative elements and black
decoration quite a lot. The most
important thing is that they are all in
geometrical order, and simple formats.
How Did It Start?
• At the beginning of the 20th century
the death of Queen Victoria in 1901
ended the Victorian era and
technology caused the pace of life to
speed up
• Art Deco was born in 1925.
• Today, "Art Deco" is used to refer to a
mix of styles from the 1920s and
1930s.
In Architecture, Interior Design, and
Furniture Design
• Art Deco as a decorative design
style is mainly seen on the
buildings, architecture, interiors,
and furnishings. "Thus, it became
a popular style for theaters,
restaurants, hotels, ocean liners,
and World's Fair exhibitions“
•
• From 1918 to the Second World
War, there were numbers of
'skyscraper' built up in New York
City.
Norris Theatre - Norristown,
Pennsylvania
Empire State Building, New York
• Architect- Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
• Height -250 ft
• Floors -102
• Built in- 1930
• The façade is composed of more than
200,000 cubic feet of Indiana
limestone and granite, and utilizes
several setbacks to offset the optical
distortion of its 102-story height.
• Stunning in both its height and
simplicity, the building's sleek
limestone and stainless steel design.
• There are in all 6,500 windows,
visually creating the vertical striping
on the facade. The windows and
spandrels are also flush with the
limestone facing, an aesthetic and
economic decision.
Raj Mandir Cinema,
Jaipur
• Architect- W M Namjoshi
• Built in 1975
• The exterior of the building is made
up of various asymmetrical shapes,
zig-zags, curves and even stars set
into the facade, lighting changes
colours, hidden behind and
underneath a frond fern leaf-like
plaster trough which has openings all
over the ceiling and walls.
Interior Views
