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A journey through American art deco : architecture, design, and cinema in the twenties and thirties

Title
A journey through American art deco : architecture, design, and cinema in the twenties and thirties / Giovanna Franci, Rosella Mangaroni, Esther Zago ; photographs by Federico Zignani ; [English translation by Michael Serwatka and Charlotte Smokler].
Author
Franci, Giovanna.
Publication
Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Mangaroni, Rosella.
  • Zago, Ester.
  • Zignani, Federico.
Description
119 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
Summary
"Beginning with the dreams of Hollywood and ending in its lobbies and boulevards, A Journey through American Art Deco passes through a series of itineraries that include the most interesting examples of Art Deco, from Chicago to New York, from Denver to Phoenix, from Seattle to Los Angeles and Miami Beach. The most notable highlights of the journey are New York and Los Angeles, with their long list of Art Deco monuments. At the great Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in Paris in 1925, American designers encountered the new style, then called moderne. Once in the U.S., European Deco turned into American Deco, utilizing clean, geometric lines and industrial materials such as steel, plastic, and glass, to adorn the interiors of hotels, stores, movie theaters, and transatlantic liners, and to give a characteristic stamp to building exteriors. This new style came to symbolize the country with its combination of art and industry."--Jacket.
Uniform Title
In viaggio attraverso il decò americano. English
Alternative Title
In viaggio attraverso il decò americano.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Art deco (Architecture) > United States
  • Architecture > United States > History > 20th century
  • Architecture
  • Art deco (Architecture)
  • Fotografie
  • Art Déco
  • Art déco (architecture) > États-Unis
  • Architecture moderne > 20e siècle > États-Unis
  • United States
  • USA
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • English translation by Michael Serwatka and Charlotte Smokler.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118)
Contents
Destinations: -- Chicago -- New York -- Phoenix, Arizona Biltmore -- Denver and Boulder, Colorado -- Seattle -- Los Angeles -- Miami Beach.
ISBN
  • 0295976535
  • 9780295976532
LCCN
97060536
OCLC
  • ocm37704294
  • 37704294
  • SCSB-2135577
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library