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- 1. Week 9: Art Deco (1925-1935), Carol Fisher 2001 Art Deco took its name from the Exposition Internationaledes Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes الحديثة والصناعات الزخرفية للفنون الدولي المعرض, an exhibition held in Paris in 1925. Its sources of inspiration are: - Reactionto the flowing motifs of Art Nouveau على فعل رد انسيابي نوفو آرت ة - - Tutankamun Exhibition held in Paris in 1922, - آمون عنخ توت معرض There was a desire to connectcreative ideas of architects and designers of costumes, jewelry, furniture, ceramics and glass after the First World War. People wanted a modern, functional style for their furniture, jewelry and decorative objects. Designs were geometric withcleanunfussy lines معقدة وغير بسيطة Art Deco designers rejectedtraditional materials for their work and choseinstead to work with unusual materials like ebony أبانوس, steelفوالذ, marble رخام, veneers القشرة, expensive wood, parchment الرق ورق, sharkskinالقرش جلد and snakeskinالثعبان جلد, all used for decorative effect. Using rare and expensive materials made art deco furniture and jewelry affordable only by the wealthy. Using wood lacquering and forged iron and chrome-plated steel in furniture to exemplify the modernist spirit of Art Deco brought down the costso making it more affordable for the middle classes. --French Furniture designers of the Art Deco period were Ruhlman and Laurent (they established a great company). Ruhlman's furniture is distinguished by its ideal proportions and the delicate tapering legs ومدببة دقيقة أرجل of his small pieces. Some pieces were so elegantly and expertly made, with joints so well-coveredتغطية بدقة الوصالت they appeared to have been made from a one piece of wood. --British furniture designers such as Heal & Sonand Gordon Russelmade simple designs to suit the British market. They used more familiar woods like limed oak البلوط, walnut الجوز and chestnut الكستناء rather than the exotic woods seen in French
- 2. design. Emphasis was on functionality and using decoration to enhance the natural beauty of the wood. 1- Art Deco District, Miami Beach, Florida, 1915 2- GordonRussell, Sideboard, 1916 3- Ruhlmann, Small Cabinet, 1916 4- Ruhlmann, David-Weill’s Desk, 1918–19 5- Ruhlmann, Drop-Front Desk, 1923. 6- Ruhlmann, Daybed, 1928. 7- Marlin Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, 1929. 8- GordonRussell, Dining Room, 1929. 9- John Cowper, Buffalo City Hall, New York, 1931. 10- Art Deco Book Cover, 2003.