Art Deco - Hardcover

Arwas, Victor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1854900056 ISBN 13: 9781854900050

Publisher: Wiley, 1983

Synopsis

"Art Deco" offers a broad insight into the splendour of this most lavish of decorative styles, as seen in the work of its leading French exponents. Their elegant creations are brought together in this profusely illustrated volume. This new edition has been extensively revised, replacing more than 100 black and white illustrations with colour and including many additional colour images, as well as revised contents with the latest information in the biographical section and revised captions and index. The author's intimate knowledge of many private collections from around the world enables him to share a privileged insight into the finest handcraftsmanship of the time. Superbly illustrated with separate chapters on the 1925 Exposition, furniture, metalwork, silver, dinanderie, enamel, laquer, jewellery, tabletterie, chryselephantine statuettes and salon bronzes sculpture, paintings, posters, graphics, book illustations, bookbinding, glass, ceramics, important art deco themes are also discussed. In addition there is a section of updated biographies of more than 120 artists, plus a bibliography and an index. Victor Arwas is one of the leading authorities on and a collector of the decorative arts from 1880 to the present. He regularly exhibits and promotes both fine and applied arts at his Editions Graphiques Gallery in London, and is the author of numerous books on the period, including Glass; Art Nouveau to Art Deco the standard work on the subject and the forthcoming Art Deco Sculpture.

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From Publishers Weekly:

Back in print in an expanded edition after a decade's absence, this dazzling survey of Art Deco is arguably the most lavish and comprehensive monograph on the sleek style that was consecrated at the scandal-ridden 1925 Paris Exhibition, to which Arwas devotes the opening chapter. Rene Lalique, Paul Iribe, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Erte and Louis Icart helped define what was "essentially a French movement" in the opinion of Arwas, a London gallery owner. He traces Art Deco's flowering in furniture, metal, silver, jewelry, enamel, lacquer, figurines, bronzes, sculpture, painting, posters, graphics, book illustrations, bookbinding, glass and ceramics. The extraordinary objects shown in 437 plates (340 in color) are among the finest Art Deco creations ever made. Arwas knowledgeably delineates the impact of the style on artists ranging from the U.S. to Czechoslovakia, among them Georg Jensen, Robert Delaunay, Kees Van Dongen, Jacques Lipchitz, Eric Gill and Jacob Epstein.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

This revised edition of the 1992 original delves deeper into the art deco movement and is profusely illustrated with 437 photos and plates. Arwas viewed many private collections when performing his research, and the text and illustrations cover everything from furniture to jewelry to vases to sculpture and paintings. One of the best books on the subject.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 1854900056
• ISBN 13: 9781854900050
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1