Though Art Deco is a forward-looking style celebrating the machine age, its adherents also incorporated elements from ancient cultures, such as Egyptian and Mayan art into their work.

With Art Deco turning 100, it's time to understand the key differences between two of the most iconic styles of the 20th century ...

Art Deco is a design movement that emerged in the 1920s ... Blending influences from Cubism, Futurism, Bauhaus, and ancient Egyptian, Aztec, and African art, it exudes luxury through sleek ...

Art deco refers to a design style that was particularly prevalent ... expensive materials and Egyptian influences. Photo by Tony Hisgett However, there are some common tropes that we can point ...

Continuing our Art Deco Centenary series we profile graphic designer and artist Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron, who under the pseudonym Cassandre created posters that thrust the style into everyday life.

A decorative style of bold geometric shapes and bright colours, it encompassed furniture, textiles, ceramics, sculpture and architecture. The term ‘Arts Decoratifs’ (later shortened to Art Deco in the ...

Brown opted to wear a silver plunging cowl neck gown with a geometric art deco pattern at the hem and ... that was made from “real silver 1920s Egyptian fabric.” The dress, which features ...

Manhattan's art deco skyscrapers "dazzle, entertain, amaze," Frank Lloyd Wright once noted. But many other U.S. cities have spectacular examples of this 1920s-1930s style, with a mix of striking ...