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Art Deco
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Art Deco Architecture 
 This site chronicles the development of the twentieth century art deco movement in architecture. It provides history, architects, example buildings, societies, and related links. http://www.retropolis.net/ Topics: Architecture, Schools of Art Last updated Aug 16, 2002 Art Deco Society Northwest
The site has a Pacific Northwest focus on Art Deco architecture and building restoration and preservation projects. Includes society events and links to related sites about Art Deco culture and the arts. From an organization "dedicated to the preservation and education of all aspects of the Art Deco period." http://www.artdeconw.org Topics: Schools of Art Last updated Apr 20, 2006 The Art Deco Society of California
This organization "endeavors to increase public awareness of the Art Deco era, to preserve and promote its art, architecture, music, fashions, transportation, and other forms of its popular culture." The site features information about Art Deco sightseeing, music, dining and dancing, movie palaces and more in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as information about historic preservation award winners, a list of Art Deco events, and links to related sites. http://www.artdecosociety.org/ Topics: Schools of Art Last updated Feb 23, 2007 Art Deco Society of Los Angeles
Site for this organization that celebrates and helps preserve Art Deco buildings in Los Angeles. The site features images of Art Deco buildings; a list of Art Deco hotels, restaurants, and shopping opportunities; and society newsletters back to 1999. http://www.adsla.org Topics: Architecture, Schools of Art Last updated Feb 22, 2005 Art Deco Web Sites
Features an overview of the art deco style and movement as well as the style as represented in architecture; art; books and magazines; entertainment; fashion; furniture and furnishings; industrial design; decades, beginning with the 1920s; regions, including Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America; transportation; and weddings. Searchable and browsable. Maintained by the Art Deco Society of Washington. http://www.adsw.org/resource/websites.html Topics: Architecture by Place, Schools of Art Last updated Mar 6, 2004 Le Tumulte Noir: Paul Colin's Jazz Age Portfolio
Website companion to a 1997 exhibit of a 1929 "portfolio of vividly colored lithographs titled 'Le Tumulte Noir' ('The Black Craze') which captured the exuberant jazz music and dance that dazzled Paris" when Josephine Baker and her troupe, La Revue Négre, performed in Paris in the mid-1920s. Includes historical background and images of 14 lithographs, which are a "marvelous achievement of Art Deco graphic design." From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/noir/ Topics: Schools of Art Last updated Mar 2, 2006 South Bay Deco
This site celebrates Art Deco architecture with images and short essays on bus depots, motels, and buildings in Miami and Los Angeles. Also contains a short guide to streamline style. From an author and professor at San Jose State University. http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/southbaydeco/ Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, Schools of Art Last updated Nov 15, 2006 V&A: Art Deco, 1910-1939
This site is a companion to an exhibit from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, "celebrating Art Deco, the most glamorous and popular style of the twentieth century." Features a virtual tour of the exhibit, 3-D images of Art Deco objects, pictures of Art Deco buildings in London, a bibliography, and more. http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1157_art_deco/ Topics: Schools of Art Last updated Jun 28, 2004 |
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