"I know it when I see it”
Final in a 3-part series on the 1925 Paris exposition and the Art Deco style. In this episode I explore the origins of the Art Deco style, especially its roots in avant-garde art. Plus the role of the forgotten giant of fashion Paul Poiret in packaging the avant-garde for the mass market.
To explore future:
- High-level overview of avant-garde art
- Article on Antonio Sant'Ella 1910 Futurist building designs
- Unesco site, Centennial Hall, 1913, Wroclaw
Video of Grosse Schauspielhaus , 1919 Berlin - Article on 1914 Deutsche Werkbund exhibition, Cologne
- Colour video reconstruction of the Glass Pavilion, 1914 Deutsche Werkbund expo
- Article on Paul Poiret
- Article on Corbusier's Pavillion de l"esprit Nouveau, 1925
- World Heritage site on Corbusier's Cité Frugès, 1924
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Photo credit: Ambassador study-library, designed by Pierre Chareau, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
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