ART DECO COMPLETE by Alastair Duncan ( 9780500238554 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

ART DECO COMPLETE
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE DECORATIVE ARTS OF THE 1920S AND 1930S

By:

Alastair Duncan

Format:

Hardback

List price:

£60.00

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£43.80

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£16.20

ISBN 10:

0500238553

ISBN 13:

9780500238554

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Publisher:

THAMES & HUDSON LTD

Pub. date:

21 August, 2009

Pages:

544

Description:

Offers an account of the decorative arts of the Art Deco period. This book celebrates the styles rich variety of form and its diverse international roots as the very factors that make it a perennial favourite of modern collectors and designers.

Synopsis:

Straddling two World Wars and the Great Depression, ushering in the Jazz Age and the era of the automobile and skyscraper, fomenting in the great cities of Europe and America and shaping everything from the Golden Gate Bridge to the humble desk lamp, the story of Art Deco is the story of our modern world. In this book, the most comprehensive account of the decorative arts of the Art Deco period ever assembled, Alastair Duncan celebrates the style's rich variety of form and its diverse international roots as the very factors that make it a perennial favourite of modern collectors and designers. Sumptuously illustrated and written by one of the world's leading experts, Art Deco Complete will be the definitive work on the subject for many years to come.

Illustrations:

1000 colour images

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Imprint:

Thames & Hudson Ltd

Returns:

Returnable

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