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art deco
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the predominant decorative art style of the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by precise and boldly delineated geometric shapes and strong colors, and used most notably in household objects and in architecture.
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Art deco's devotees keep style alive.(LIFE - HOME)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 9/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...is a member of the Art Deco Society of Washington...promotes the style. The art deco movement is said to have...Decorative and Industrial Arts, but its roots likely...event throughout Europe. Art deco pieces typically feature...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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ART DECO FESTIVAL IS FIT FOR A QUEEN.(LA.COM)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 9/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...Beach is a city filled with Art Deco style. There are many buildings...Long Beach's largest Art Deco structure -- as big as...reconstruction was done in Art Deco style. "Long Beach...author of a book on Art Deco Long Beach. "Because of...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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ART DECO ADMIRERS HOLD WORLD CONGRESS.(Living)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/16/1991; 697 words
; ...annual World Congress of Art Deco. Delegates from Argentina...preservation tactics and Art Deco sites around the world...from the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925. Art Deco, a sleek, elegant style...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Art Deco.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...been popular for years, art deco homes are in vogue once...past few years, many art deco-style hotels have been...the show's creators used art deco styling fused with...has an almost entirely art deco town centre, rebuilt after...
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Art deco: Curve appeal
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/20/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...first thing to know about Art Deco houses is that you'll...Exposition of Decorative Arts, one of the trend-setting...was 1966 before the term Art Deco was applied to the art...writes in her book Art Deco: A Guide for Collectors...
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Art Deco does wonders for Miami Beach
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/10/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...of South Miami Beach's Art Deco District, Roy frequently...shirts, calenders and other Art Deco souvenirs. It was...rich but then decaying Art Deco architectural heritage...block Miami Beach Art Deco National Historic District...
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Art Deco, Kiwi Style
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/12/2003; 700+ words
; WHAT: The art deco capital of New Zealand. WHERE: Napier...per person). In addition to sleeping art deco (all right, Spanish Mission), one...1911, www.napier.govt.nz. Info on art deco tours: 011-64-6-835-0022, www...
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Art Deco Weekend to focus on Blacks
Newspaper article from: Miami Times; 1/11/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Miami Times 01-11-1996 Art Deco Weekend to focus on Blacks...seen. The birth of the Art Deco Era coincides with the Harlem...for the flowering of Black Arts. Despite the smothering...Americans being honored this Art Deco Weekend are among those...
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Art Deco: A Renewed Clamor for Glamour
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/12/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the height of the art deco movement. "It was...president of graphic arts for Hasbro Games...Monopoly. "Art deco was everywhere...Exposition of Decorative Arts, which took place...Scholars debate whether art deco was coherent enough...
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Homenaje al art deco. (Tendencias: decoracion).(Art Deco 1910-1939, exposicion )
Magazine article from: Epoca; 5/30/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Londres ha organizado Art Deco 1910-1939, una...Toronto, y al Fine Arts Museum, de Boston...homenaje y las casas Art Deco de Miami, entre...Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels...eclecticismo del Art Deco. En sus primeros...
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art deco
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Exposition of Decorative Arts, where the style reached its apex. Art deco is characterized by long...aspects of the era's art and architecture, as...graphic, and industrial arts. Works executed in the art deco style range from skyscrapers...
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Art Deco
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Art Deco. The most fashionable...Internationale des Arts Décoratifs...exhibition of decorative art since the end of...Bauhaus ), and Art Deco was originally a...adapted to the style. Art Deco may have owed...of interest in Art Deco during the 1960s...
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art
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...x2019; compared the difficulties encountered in learning the art of medicine or healing with the shortness of human life. The...tag ars longa, vita brevis is derived from this. See also art deco , art nouveau , Arts and Crafts Movement .
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Philadelphia Museum of Art established in 1875, chartered...Museum and School of Industrial Art was privately established for...to the Pennsylvania Museum of Art, and the present name adopted...Museum College of Art; the art deco Perelman Building (1927...
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art moderne
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
art moderne see art deco .
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