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    Art Nouveau Vs Art Deco

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    Art deco’s elements are applied in the modern popular architecture and furniture The World War 1 is occurred between the Art Nouveau and the Art Deco. Both of two movements affected by the World War 1. They are two different style. The big difference of them is Art Nouveau is asymmetric while Art Deco is geometric. Both of two movements has affected our architecture and furniture, but for the effectiveness of the modern popular architecture and furniture, the role of Art Deco is bigger than Art Nouveau. It is because we can find out many art deco elements in our modern popular architecture and furniture. For the instance, the architecture’s form is geometric and has the clean lines and most furniture are symmetric. Art Nouveau starts from…

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    Art Nouveau (1890 – 1910) and Art Deco (1925-40) are two major graphic design art styles, during which combined many art forms in a new and enhanced way creating distinct themes. During these periods there were artists that employed each style reflecting, on how artist ideas and values had progressed. This essay compares and contrast these two art styles through the historical aspects of how these styles came into existence, the many cultural aspects and beliefs that helped create some of the…

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    Katherine Rossi Core English 1 Professor Ventura October, 8 2015 This art piece is a cigarette ad made in the 1902 by Manuel Orazi. Manuel Orazi was an Italian artist born in 1860 and died in 1934, though little is known of him his art work was liked well enough to be sold to this day. Though his most popular art work an occult calendar called Calendrier Magique published by L’Art Nouveau this picture of he was known for many other lithographic ads such as this one. Nonetheless Orazi uses his…

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    Art Deco

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    This style influenced the decorative arts, architecture, interior design, and industrial design as well as the visual arts, fashion, painting, graphic arts, and cinema. It was a mixture of many styles and movements such as constructivism, cubism, bauhaus, art nouveau, and modernism. Although many movements had established roots in architecture, the Art Deco was purely decorative. It was seen as elegant, functional, and ultra modern. The buildings, sculptures, and furniture are geometrical.…

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    Introduction Art Deco seems to be catered to the rich and upper class. Is Art Deco accessible only to the rich? Do the middle and lower classes get to enjoy Art Deco as well? Summary Even though a small percentage of the middle class may get to enjoy Art Deco, it is largely catered to the upper class. The upper-class status is commonly referred to the social position of one's family and not from one's own achievements or wealth. Before I derived from this observation, I’ve referenced from a…

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    Dream House Ideas

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    Ideas and inspirations for houses “If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of art and the thing most to be longed for; I should answer, a beautiful house …” There aren’t many who would disagree with 19th century’s most eminent designer and novelist William Morris. Over the years, the family houses have changed a lot. New artistic influences and technological developments have left their marks on home architecture. But these evolutions have little or no impact on…

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    Alen was forced to drop out of public school to support his mother and younger sister. At the age of sixteen, he started a job as an office boy for an architect and developer names Clatence True (Bascomb, 2003, pp. 33-34). This triggered a spark of interest in Van Alen and he wanted to continue and further his education in architecture. He attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn for a short while until he left to go study “at an atelier run by Emmanuel Masqueray, a Frenchman and one of the founders…

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    One of Donald Trump’s dream projects was to erect the Trump Tower. He bought the land which was the site of the Bonwit Teller store, an architecturally renowned building which had catered to fashionable women since 1929. The Bonwit’s twelve story façade was embellished with a pair of stunning bas-relief panels which often reflected itself as the priceless examples of the Art Deco era. The Art Deco style was characterised by excess ornamental design, smooth lines, geometric shapes, streamlined…

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    Paramount Theater Analysis

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    amazing in this Paramount theater production is perfect for the holidays and fun for all ages is more than I thought it would be never would I imagined a theater production like this would of have made me want to come back and see more. Ariel and sebastian and the entire underwater world came to life as they embark on a quest for Ariel love. The best part was the full- orquesta oh it was amazing it wen perfectly with the production I never would 've expected this type of performance. If I would…

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    Beardsley The third is Aubrey Vincent Beardsley. He was famous for his illustrations of “eccentric eroticism”. His works had no “proportion and perspective”, rather just curved lines in black and white. While with the Art Nouveau disappeared, his works were unpopular until 1966. In 1966, he created an illustration for the Beatles’ CD cover called Revolver, which was an innovation in this area because before him the CD covers were photographic portraits bands or singers. Dwiggins The fourth…

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