Books, Arts & Photography, Schools, Periods & Styles, Art Deco

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Tim Benton, Charlotte Benton, Ghislaine Wood
Art Deco 1910-1939
by V & A Publications (Paperback)

Gilles Neret, Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt 1862-1918 (Basic Series)
by Benedikt Taschen Verlag (Paperback)

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was one of the most brilliant artists of the Austrian avant-garde. Admired for his sensual images of women and his powerful original vision, he became the principal painter of the Art Nouveau movement and produced some of the most haunting and evocative images of all time.

Suzanne Lussier
Art Deco Fashion
by V & A Publications (Hardcover)

Alastair Duncan
Louis Comfort Tiffany (Library of American Art)
by Harry N. Abrams & National Museum of American Art (Hardcover)

Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) was one of the most original and influential designers and America's leading proponent of Art Nouveau. Tiffany Studios, founded in 1889, were well known for their use of sensuous, organic, and floral forms. This book features Tiffany's most beautiful stained glass vases and lamps, whose distinctive designs and iridescent, haunting colors have made them extremely popular and sought after the world over.

Vivienne Becker
Art Nouveau Jewellery
by Thames & Hudson Ltd (Hardcover)

Jewelry was one of the purest, and most successful, expressions of the Art Nouveau movement. It captured the atmosphere and the passion of the fin de sicle, as well as the moral and artistic freedom that characterized the period. Fresh designs and motifs were created with an intense excitement that was shared by artists all over the world. Sensuous animal and plant forms surged with new life; the female form struggled toward a new freedom, suggesting a long-hidden eroticism; and sunsets and changing seasons reflected the symbolic view of art in nature borrowed from the Japanese. This book deals with major jewelers in France--their inspirations, techniques, and themes--and then follows the parallel modern movement that spread through Europe and the United States. With a detailed reference section and a collection of dramatic photographs, this treasury will appeal to collectors and jewelry lovers alike.

Laura Cerwinske
Tropical Deco: The Architecture and Design of Old Miami Beach
by Rizzoli International Publications (Paperback) (Release Date: 1991-02-15)

Born out of fantasy and speculation, designed for fun and profit, Miami Beach has been, from its inception, a city of mythical composition. Its famed Art Deco District was designated a Historic District by the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and today the area is basking in a revival of interest and attention. Nevertheless, while fashion photographers and entrepreneurs, artists, developers, restaurateurs and club owners flock to the neighborhood, it is still struggling, after years of deterioration and neglect, to recreate itself out of its own forgotten glamour. Despite a new palette of confectionery colors and the renovation of numerous buildings, the Art Deco District remains in need of urban cultivation, of a reinterpretation that transcends its original resort identity. Author Laura Cerwinske introduces Tropical Deco: The Architecture and Design of Old Miami Beach by discussing both the area's past and its future. Throughout her comprehensive exploration of the ...

Adrian Tinniswood
The Art Deco House
by Watson-Guptill (Hardcover)

Modern architecture between the two world wars was a deliberate rejection of the past, causing a tension between traditional concepts of the home as warm, intimate, and comfortable and cool, futuristic visions of the house as a technological paradise. Art deco was an attempt to resolve these tensions. Some of the most popular and influential architects and designers of the past 150 years-Norman Bel Geddes and Richard Neutra, working in the US; Robert Mallet-Stevens in France; and Berthold Lubetkin in the UK-designed houses that could be defined as being in the art deco style. And art deco today enjoys a new popularity unrivaled since its inception in the 1920s. In The Art Deco House, architectural historian Adrian Tinniswood combines fascinating text and stunning photography to create an essential reference for anyone who loves art deco design. Captivating chapters provide detailed overviews of the design, decoration, furnishings, and gardens of the art deco house, covering ...

Susanna Partsch
Gustav Klimt: Painter of Woman (Pegasus Library)
by Prestel (Hardcover)

The enfant terrible of the Viennese art scene, Klimt was notorious for his portraits of beautiful women. Illustrated with color reproductions, this book profiles the women who figured in the artist’s life and on his canvasses. The author looks beyond the standard assumption that Klimt was a hard-hearted philanderer, pointing instead to his committed and loving relationship with Emilie Flöge that prevailed despite the parade of beautiful women who wandered in and out of theartist’s studio. Partsch demonstrates Klimt’s role in the evolution of portrait painting, which helped usher in the age of Expressionism.

Jim Parsons, David Bush
Houston Deco: Modernistic Architecture of the Texas Coast
by Bright Sky Press (Hardcover)

In the 1920s, as Houston was beginning its transition from medium-sized Southern city to major American metropolis, local business and civic leaders made a conscious decision to create a new image for their community. For many, modernistic architecture symbolized their best hopes for Houston's future. As the Roaring Twenties gave way to the Great Depression, Art Deco zigzags and Art Moderne streamlining reshaped the city's stores and skyscrapers, factories and apartment buildings. Modernistic design was also a major force in Houston architecture through the post-World War II building boom. As the style fell from fashion, buildings were altered or demolished, and modernistic architecture vanished from many parts of the city. Houston Deco documents Houston's surviving Art Deco and Art Moderne architecture in beautiful color photographs. Images showcase the fine detailing on these frequently overlooked buildings. From downtown landmarks to East End ...

Renate Ulmer
Alfons Mucha
by Tashen (Hardcover)

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