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A Guide to Art Deco Style

出版	JG Press, 1996
ISBN	15721517499781572151741
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=_oxVwgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"Art Deco embodied an age when there was a style to life, an age very different from the present, perhaps. A little more than two decades, and it was gone -- but never forgotten. This book celebrates that joyous era, an era that saw misery and deprivation in no small measure, to be sure, but an era nevertheless sure of itself in color and form and utility, An era in which many things of finite beauty were created. Art Deco: An Illustrated Guide 1920-40 is a truly comprehensive handbook to the distinctive style of the age. Containing a wealth of information not just on the pieces created specifically to be works of art -- sculpture, glass, silver, jewelry, ceramics, graphics and fine art -- but also on how the style permeated through the everyday nuts and bolts of contemporary life -- its architect, furniture, textiles lighting fixtures, metalwork, and so on -- this book represents a compilation of the intimate knowledge of some of the world's foremost stylistic experts. Fully illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographs, this information is presented in a fashion that is refreshingly clear. The text has been specially edited for that same clarity -- and perhaps as important -- for general readability: there is nothing of the history textbook in its personal, lively yet authoritative tone. Art Deco: An Illustrated Guide 1920-40 is an essential handbook to dynamic style that remains the focus of worldwide enthusiasm today.