Art Deco (Revised Edition) [Hardcover]

Victor Arwas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2000

"This must be the most lavish book on Art Deco ever published. It may even be the last word on the movement."-Artforum

"Victor Arwas's Art Deco is the most serious and comprehensive book on the subject. . . . The book itself is an object of striking elegance."-Newsweek

Victor Arwas's magnificent book offers a broad insight into the elements of this distinctive decorative style. Arwas discusses the work of Art Deco's leading French exponents-Ruhlmann, Puiforcat, Ert, Dunand, Fouquet, Cassandre, Boucheron, and Icart, to name but a few-as he traces the evolution of the style from its first appearance at the famed 1925 Exposition des Arts Dcoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, from which it took its name.

437 illustrations, 340 in full color, 10 x 12"

Editorial Reviews

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.
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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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 316 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams; Revised edition (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810981998
• ISBN-13: 978-0810981997
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 10.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Visual Feast, June 18, 2001

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M. Guhin "mguhin1" (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Art Deco (Hardcover)

I have owned this book for over two years, and never tire of looking at it. It is beautifully illustrated, handsomely printed,and full of objects so lovely one can almost taste them. I admist to a weakness for gorgeous "coffee-table books," but this effort by Victor Arwas is in my top five.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely introduction to art deco, September 18, 2008

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Josef Platil "JFP" (Prague) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Art Deco (Revised Edition) (Hardcover)

You have three reasons to buy this book:

1. pictures /I own it two years and I really love photos in it/

2. text /I own it two years and never read a word/

3. bakcbone in your bookshelf /wanna look smart?/

17 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully printed, January 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Art Deco (Hardcover)

This book is now back in-print by Abrams. As are all Abrams books, they are beautifully done. As far as content though, this book is really better suited as a door stop. Very shallow and a lot of clap-trap.