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Art deco. (Report from Europe).(Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition)(Brief Article)
Following the exhibition devoted to art nouveau in 2000 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the logical successor is on view from March 27 until July 20. The aim of the exhibition, entitled Art Deco 1910-1 93 9, is to explore the development of the style in Europe in the years before World War I, its peak in 1925, and its subsequent spread around the world.
The show is divided into several sections. "The Style and the Age" includes typical objects from around the world, while "The Sources" contains artifacts from ancient Egypt and Greece as well as Japan, China, and other civilizations that influenced art deco designers. The Exposition internationale des arts decoratifs et industriels modernes held in Paris in 1925 marks the high point of the style, and ...
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...design for the Victoria & Albert Museum's current show, Art Deco 1910-1939, still manages...tricks played a key role in Art Deco, and both Casson Mann and...hide the unsightly and un-Art Deco pipes and ducts above. All...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 23, 2003 700+ words
...The popularity of Art Deco is about to hit new...the Victoria & Albert Museum on Thursday. The design...for UKpound 30." ART DECO --Art Deco 1910-1939 Exhibition, Victoria & Albert Museum from March 27 to July...
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- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) Spicer, Lorne March 22, 2003 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) March 6, 2003 700+ words
...The Victoria & Albert Museum's Art Deco 1910-1939 Exhibition...information, Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SouthKensington...on the Victoria & Albert Museum's great art deco exhibition, thereis no...
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- Magazine article from: Design Week Chaloner, David March 18, 2004 700+ words
...SW1 COMMENDED Art Deco 1910-1939...Victoria & Albert Museum, London SW7...Victoria & Albert Museum to celebrate Art Deco. The galleries...idea. The Art Deco exhibition...Victoria & Albert Museum was one of...
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- Magazine article from: History Today Silvester-Carr, Denise April 1, 2003 700+ words
...at the Victoria and Albert Museum from March 27th. Strangely, the term Art Deco was coined only in...glamorous phase of Art Deco. Art Deco 1910-1939 at the Victoria & Albert Museum from March 27th to...
