Art Deco Graphics

This is the first full-scale study of the dynamic graphic design created in the three decades before World War II, when economic and political upheaval mixed with the pursuit of modernism and elegance to produce a style that came to be known as Art Deco. Chapters on posters, magazines, commercial design, books, and fashion and costume each feature a portfolio of stunning, often rare illustrations.

The Art Deco era was one of beauty, elegance, sensuality, and vivid, colorful graphics! This is the first collectibles book with an emphasis on the everyday, affordable items, such as games, playing cards, advertising brochures, tins, packaging, labels, fans, fashion and book illustrations, packaging from the cosmetic industry, travel literature, and automobile brochures. All are illustrated in 535 color photos. Price guidelines are included.

Beautifully designed and expertly produced, this first full-scale presentation and international survey of Art Deco graphics will be welcomed by professional designers, collectors, photographers, students, and scholars. 474 illustrations, 246 in full color.

Jean Delhaye has compiled over 100 illustrations, many in full colour, representative of the various ways in which the graphic style of Art Deco developed, from geometric, almost abstract simplification and photographic collage to volumetric neo-classicism and the elegance of the archetypal chic Parisienne. In addition to the main exponents of the style many lesser known artists are included among them Benito, Schmied, Icart, van Dongen, Zig, Martin, Sabran, Bonfils, Arnoux and Vincent.

For graphic artists, industrial designers, and anyone with an interest in the evolution of modern advertising icons, product packaging, and marketing principles, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into a formative era of the American commercial arts.

work on the subject for many years to come." "With over 1,000 illustrations in colour and black-and-white." --Book Jacket.

Sainton has selected graphic works of Art Nouveau which are typical of the age and expressive of its spirit and its values. The characteristic linear style to which the art gave rise remained unitary in the emphasis on line as the most important element of design.

363 ads, posters, trademarks and other commercial graphics -- 22 in full color -- that pictorially chronicle the rise of Art Deco in Europe and America. Artists include Kinger, Teague, Carlu, Lepape, Darcy, Brill.