The American Art Deco movement

Mondo Home Updated on 2024-01-28

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The United States is a country that is not bound by traditional culture, and it is relatively receptive to new art and design styles. After the formation of the "Art Deco" movement in France, it was soon widely responded to in the United States, forming an Art Deco style with American characteristics.

The "Art Deco" movement in the United States mainly focuses on interior design and furniture design related to architecture, which is closely related to public life and has a strong national color. The development and popularity of the "Art Deco" style in the United States is closely related to the socio-economic conditions and consumer groups in the United States in the 20s of the 20th century.

As the logistics base of World War I, since the 20s of the 20th century, the United States has strong national strength and developed economy, and a large number of wealthy middle-class consumer groups have emerged, who urgently need various consumer goods to meet their material needs and extravagant psychological needs. The "Art Deco" movement found full room for development under these material and consumer conditions.

Representative works.

The Chrysler Building (completed in 1930), designed by William van Allen, with its towering metal spire, is a monument to the Art Deco movement.

The Empire State Building (completed in 1931), designed by William Lamber, is one of the landmarks of New York, USA. At 381 meters tall and with 103 floors, the Empire State Building is the world's oldest skyscraper.

Rockefeller Center is the most representative, with uniform and varied internal and external structures, murals, sculptures, and other contents.

Represents the style. 1.Native style.

After the mid-20s of the 20th century, some urban designers in Los Angeles and California on the west coast of the United States began to explore a modified "Art Deco" movement style suitable for the local customs. Emphasizing simple geometric features, using zigzag lines and streamlined structures, the building has a sense of time, speed, and movement, and the Los Angeles Coca-Cola Building has become a representative of this style.

2."Hollywood style".

The "Hollywood Style" was an extension and development of the Art Deco movement in the United States.

The background of its emergence is closely related to the economic crisis of the late 20s and early 30s of the 20th century.

From 1929 to 1933, the economic crisis swept North America and Europe, and millions of people lost their jobs. The false prosperity of the early 20th century was replaced by a sluggish economic outlook, and people were panicked and societies uneasy.

At this time, it is the Hollywood movies in the United States that make people forget about the crisis and economic difficulties for a while, these movies bring people a moment of joy and bring all kinds of fantasies, whether it is song and dance films, comedies or literary films, they are welcomed and loved by all kinds of people who are worried about the economic crisis, and become the best way to relieve stress.

As a result, the film industry became a standout, and the Hollywood film industry and movie theaters flourished like never before, and movie theaters became known as the palace of dreams.

Hollywood style" adopts dreamy colors, exaggerated ways, bold geometric patterns, curly grass patterns, animal patterns, and strong contrast, shiny neon embellishments, forming a prosperous and dreamy decorative effect.

In the 30s, the Hollywood style was introduced to Europe and influenced the design style of European cinemas.

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