Art Deco Heaven
If you’re interested, there’s a new group for all your Art Deco images
Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film. This movement was, in a sense, an amalgam of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Neoclassical, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Futurism. Its popularity peaked in Europe during the Roaring Twenties and continued strongly in the United States through the 1930s. Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, functional, and modern.
butchart
and very gay…......:)
once u get a chuckle feel free to delete….......b
Mel Brackstone replied
hehe….why should I delete?
butchart
lol….. your post was important.. and i’m a silly blue dog….. i have several friends on my watchlist i’ll send over to the group… they will love it…....... b
Mel Brackstone replied
It’s important….or not….doesn’t mean we can’t have a chuckle :)
butchart
i just love you….......:)
Karen Cougan
Great Mel, love Art Deco, wish we had more of it around Aus….......I love that town in NZ now what was it called, in the NOrth Island…......Napier is it, all Art Deco….........I have to go back there sometime
xkc
~ Selle
Love art deco ….. I mean the real stuff! I’m gonna join just so I can enjoy the images :)
mstrace
oh Mel…thank you SO much for this notice. I am VERY passionate about Art Deco. I live in a house built around the turn of the century (1912) to be exact and although my tastes are eclectic…the art deco movement shows itself in my decor, my artwork, etc. In short, I adore it (I have lots of Mucha prints). So this group is going to be RIGHT up my alley. Thank you SO much!!
Geoff Coleman...
Love art from this period so can’t wait to see what comes up in this group. I’ve got some lovely “flapper ” shots of Lee Burgess that I’ve been waiting to find a suitably art deco background/room for so hopefully someone will post something I can request to use too.
Robyn Lakeman
Thanks Mel, just joined and will put some work over from my time in Napier. There’s an Art Deco exhibition on here in Melbourne atm that I’m dying to get to. The original part of our home is art deco. The ceiling roses and ornamentation are beautiful.
Shanina Conway
Great idea Mel, love and collect Art Deco and we’ve been missing a deco dedicated group;)
Mel Brackstone replied
All thanks to Philip Johnson, Shanina!
funkyfacestudio
Time to get creative ! it sounds fun !
Steven Lippis
A friend of mine lives in Napier, I’ve seen more than enough art deco in her photos to last me a lifetime! :D
Mel Brackstone replied
so tell her about the group, Steve! :D
Steven Lippis
Oh she’s not on RB. She signed up for a while but left. She’s staff at a rival website, so I think she felt bad about being here. ;)
Mel Brackstone replied
oh well….
Angela McConnell
mel i blame you now for my current urge to head home for a holiday and take another trip to napier (not that wangas doesnt have some as well) another place to take a look at would be Gisbourne as it was similarly affected by the 1931 earthquake
alas no trip home until next year at least…..
Mel Brackstone
soz Angela, I’ll go in your stead :)
Patricia L. Ba...
New Mexico has its own form of Art Deco. Stucco or adobe building with Art Deco influences. It’s called Pueblo Deco.
micmac
I’m in….