The Routledge Companion to Art Deco

• Main Authors: Elliott, Bridget, Windover, Michael
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 2019; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Art History and Visual Studies Companions
• Subjects: 20th Century Modern Art; America; Architectural History; architecture; Art deco; art history; Canada; cinema; conservation; Design; Design History; Ecole des Beaux-Arts; empire; England; fashion; fashion history; Great Britain; history of architecture; History of Art; History of Art & Design; Interior Design; Japan; medicine; Modern Art; modernity; North America; perfumes; poltiics; public culture; radio; South Africa; textiles; United Kingdom; Visual Culture; Alexandr Rodchenko; Art Deco; Young Man; Immigrant Designers; Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission; Art Deco Architecture; Post War; Parisian Haute Couture; Exposition Des Arts; Saber Tooth; NBC Studio; Bird’s Eye; Arts Du; Art Deco Era; Purple Rose; Nep Period; Beaux Arts Architect; Commercial Commissions; Art Deco Building; Longer Skirt; Elsa Schiaparelli; Frederick Kiesler; Paul Cret; Relief Sculpture; Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation
• ISBN: 1472485149; 9781472485144; 9780367619688; 0367619687
• DOI: 10.4324/9780429032165

Scholarly interest in Art Deco has grown rapidly over the past 50 years, spanning different ­academic disciplines. This volume provides a guide to the current state of the field of Art Deco research by highlighting past accomplishments and promising new directions. Chapters are presented in five sections based on key concepts: migration, public culture, fashion, politics, and Art Deco’s afterlife in heritage conservation and new media. The book provides a range of perspectives on and approaches to these issues, as well as to the concept of Art Deco itself. It highlights the slipperiness of Art Deco yet points to its potential to shed new light on the complexities of modernity.