Art Déco: style, origin, architecture, plastic arts no mundo e no Brasil

Art Déco was an artistic movement of French origin that began in the 1920s and ended up in the Americas, having survived the 1950s.

Aesthetics, which is seen in the plastic and graphic arts, not cinema, architecture, music and design, can be observed I tied the days of browsing in monuments such as Christ the Redeemer, in sculptures by Victor Brecheret and in our paintings by Vicente do Rego Monteiro.

Art Deco style

O Art Deco floresceu during o interwar period (began with XX century, more specifically between 1918 and 1939), initially in Europe.

Either movement teve or its boom during the 20s, starting at the Exposion Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, between April and October 1925 (event took place in Paris).

In exposição two more diverse styles appear: Cubist, Futurist, Construtivist, Art Nouveau and Bauhaus. The work, initially luxurious, was produced with a view to supplied bourgeoisie - The artists faziam use of expensive works-raw to compose their peças.

In terms of design, it is possible to affirm that the Art Deco movement was quite extensive, manifesting itself at the level of visual arts, graphics, decoration, architecture, fashion, cinema and music.

It also reaches quite different spaces from Europe and has spread throughout the North and South Americas.

A decadence of art deco began to be perceived as of 1935.

A origin do nome Art Déco

O nome Art Déco vem do thermo francês arts decoratifs, who wants to create decorative art, and demonstrates the intention of ornamentation and not properly political or socially deceived of this type of art.

A expansion of Art Deco

Na decade of 30, or Art Déco ganhou to America do Norte. In 1934 there was an Art Deco exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Art of Nova Iorque responsible for the dissemination of aesthetics.

Ao win to North America, or Art Déco sofreu an important modification: from then on the artists will go on to work with a production in higher school and more accessible materials.

The great names of Art Deco

There are many different works that will stand out during this period. Some of the foram as decorative pieces made of glass and jewels made by René Jules Lalique. Also, the illustrations by George Barbier are quite well known.

Other important names for the plastic arts are given by the Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka and the sculptor Romano Demetre Chiparus:

More than Art Déco was not exclusively a movement of fine arts, it also found resonance in fashion and not interior design.

We can highlight or work two stylists Paul Poiret and Jeanne Paquin and also two designers of motion pictures Émile Jacques Ruhlmann and Jean Dunand.

Cassandre was also an Art Deco reference name. Or his work was mainly focused on graphic creation, in letters for publicity of travels de luxo, he confirms a show of his art below:

Art Deco Features

Art Deco is noted in various meios - plastic arts, no cinema, music, fashion, arts graphics, not design - because of this, it is difficult to gather features that can be noticed on so many platforms different.

In any case, we gather here some of the main characteristics that guide dessa geração:

• a concern with symmetry, a more modern style;
• use of geometric, abstract shapes;
• Emprego de linhas retas ou circular, porém stylized;
• representações sobretudo de mulheres e animais;
• simplicity shapes;
• Influence of Cubism, Futurism and Constructivism;
• In the first period we observe a strong presence of a refining, refining. Initially or material used was made of primeira linha, expensive (bronze, prata, pedra jade, marfim), more From being paid to North America, art deco became popular to reach a wider audience.

Art Deco Architecture

Art Déco ficou architecture is marked overtudo by a geometric rigor and pela predominance of linhas verticais. With aerodynamic shapes, this style has become a world renowned thanks to years of iconic buildings built behind the great captains.

An example of Art Deco architecture can be seen in illustrious buildings in Nova Iorque. We can mention the dome of the Chrysler building, the classic Empire State Building and the huge Buffalo City Hall.

For the United States, but not for the Americas, we must mention here Christ the Redeemer, standing in Rio de Janeiro, which is considered a major Art Deco sculpture from the world.

Read or complete article about or Christ the Redeemer Monument.

Art Deco in Brazil

It is not our country that we receive the first influences of Art Deco through sculptors and architects who will disseminate or new style from the end of two years 20. I endured aesthetics for the fifties.

Art Deco Architecture in Brazil

In terms of architecture, our version of aesthetics initially developed in France aspired with clearer and clearer contours.

According to the researcher Márcio Alves Roteir, president of the Instituto Art Déco Brasil, in an interview granted to the Estadão:

Or Rio, capital of the Republic, born in the Vargas governorate, between 1930 and 1945, a series of governed precedents, mostly Art Deco. In 1938, Getúlio promoted the exhibition O Brasil Novo, turning the style into the official language of the period.

Two classic examples of this type of construction - for the Christ the Redeemer - can be observed in the Carlos Gomes Theater and in the Central Office of Brazil, both located in Rio de Janeiro.

In São Paulo, other examples of Art Deco construction are at the Mário de Andrade Library, or the Jockey Club and the old Banco de São Paulo building.

Art Deco Plastic Arts in Brazil

Two ways are the main ones that fizeram history in Art Deco style in Brazil. The painter Vicente do Rego Monteiro (1899-1970) and the sculptor Victor Brecheret (1894-1955) advocate for aesthetics and for those responsible for the dissemination of the movement in Brazil.

Conheça also

• Art nouveau
• A Bauhaus Art School