Movement
Art Deco
Explore in the Atlas →A glamorous interwar style of geometric ornament, luxurious materials and vertical massing crystallised at the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs; it became the look of skyscrapers, cinemas and consumer modernity.
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Details
- Origin
- Paris, France
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Lived experience
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawingApprenticeship
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- preceded Streamline Moderne
Referenced by
- Art Nouveau preceded
Sources
- Bevis Hillier. Art Deco of the 20s and 30s. Studio Vista, 1968.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Art Deco." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/art-deco/. Accessed July 17, 2026.