Art Deco turned 100 this year, and it doesn’t look a day over… Well, okay, so some of these buildings are in spectacular ...
Ask three historians to define “Art Deco,” and you’ll likely get three varying answers. That’s because Art Deco is many different things to many different people, and its evolution is as unique as its ...
COLLECTION MATSON Eugene Savage’s painting “Hawaii’s Decisive Hour,” though admirable and innovative from a technical and aesthetic standpoint, is an example of “the commercial exploitation and ...
During the years 1920 to 1940, the greater Los Angeles area was awash with dreams. Individuals with a hope or a vision were drawn to the vibrant, young city that promised to make dreams into reality.
The 1920s saw incredible transformation in typography and graphics more broadly. It was, in fact, the decade when the term ‘graphic design’ was first coined in 1922 by William Addison Dwiggins to ...
Art Deco architecture is pretty easy to identify. In the U.S., perhaps the most well-known Art Deco structure is the Chrysler Building in New York City, with its elegant spire, streamlined torso and ...
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At Untapped Cities, we’re bringing back a semi-regular column of explorations outside of New York City shared by our very own writers on their travels around the country and the world. In honor of ...
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The wide-ranging examples of art deco design in Detroit will be the topic of a talk by a writer, preservationist and expert of the style. Rebecca Binno Savage will talk ...
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