Art Deco
Art Deco first appeared in France just before World War I. It became popular in the 1920's and 1930's and changed the way we designed buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theaters, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects like clocks and tableware.
In the 1930's, after the Great Depression, the style became more available and started to become more popular within different countries. The style was different to anything we had seen before. It was more streamlined, geometrical and colourful and something that was available to everyone and anyone with its different use of materials and array of choices of finished products.
The Art Deco era had a big effect on the fashion world with designers like Paul Poiret and ballet costumier Leon Baskt designing for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballet Russe. Paul Poiret made women's clothing more comfortable by getting rid of the corset and shortening skirts, allowing women to show their ankles in public, as well as adding exotic fashion accessories. Poiret went onto open a school and workshop called L'Atelier Martine (named after one of his daughters) where girls were given a free hand to design textiles, rugs, wallpapers etc., mainly using bright floral patterns. Coco Chanel popularized costume jewelry with plastics and paste rather than gold and diamonds.
Even after the end of Art Deco and the rise of Modernism at the start of World War II, Art Deco still influences people's art today.
In the 1930's, after the Great Depression, the style became more available and started to become more popular within different countries. The style was different to anything we had seen before. It was more streamlined, geometrical and colourful and something that was available to everyone and anyone with its different use of materials and array of choices of finished products.
The Art Deco era had a big effect on the fashion world with designers like Paul Poiret and ballet costumier Leon Baskt designing for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballet Russe. Paul Poiret made women's clothing more comfortable by getting rid of the corset and shortening skirts, allowing women to show their ankles in public, as well as adding exotic fashion accessories. Poiret went onto open a school and workshop called L'Atelier Martine (named after one of his daughters) where girls were given a free hand to design textiles, rugs, wallpapers etc., mainly using bright floral patterns. Coco Chanel popularized costume jewelry with plastics and paste rather than gold and diamonds.
Even after the end of Art Deco and the rise of Modernism at the start of World War II, Art Deco still influences people's art today.
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