Art Deco Style

by Bevis Hillier

Presents an historical survey of the art deco movement in architecture, interior design, and graphics, taking into account the changing perspectives of recent years

Genres: Art, Architecture

240 pages, Hardcover

First published August 28, 1997

About the author

Bevis Hillier was educated at Magdelan College, Oxford. He has edited The Connoisseur and The Times Saturday Review and is now Associate Editor of the Los Angeles Times colour magazine. He is the author of over 20 books, mainly on art and design.

Reviews

[Less_cunning · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informatively broad survey cum critical study. The scope of "Art Deco Style" is mostly all-encompassing & comprehensive, which for me was helpful being that i am an Art Deco n00b. There is a heavy, repeated discussion about the different ideological "strains" of Art Deco (i.e. the decorative "modernistic" and the Moderne (big M...)) and the Politics therein, and that discussion more or less informs or drives the scope of this books. Although "Art Deco Style" is wide-ranging & covers the spectrum of Art Deco there is a heavy focus on architecture but it does cover a lot of ground.

Hard to call this reference book & it is definitely not a coffee table book either but "Art Deco Style" was definitely enlightening & i think a great starting point for further specific investigations into varied niches w/in the Art Deco idiom.

[Gretchen Lorhammer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't read this book, but I did spend a lot of time studying the pictures and reading the captions. I learned quite a bit from this simple exercise, as the author really took the time to explain how each piece reflected the style in unique ways.

[Nurshafiqa · Rating 3 out of 5]

before i was completely clueless about the art deco movement, and now i can say i know much more than i would've from wikipedia or something from the web.