ABSTRACT
Scholarly interest in Art Deco has grown rapidly over the past fifty years, spanning different academic disciplines. This volume provides a guide to the current state of the field of Art Deco research by highlighting past accomplishments and promising new directions. Chapters are presented in five sections based on key concepts: migration, public culture, fashion, politics, and Art Deco’s afterlife in heritage restoration and new media. The book provides a range of perspectives on and approaches to these issues, as well as to the concept of Art Deco itself. It highlights the slipperiness of Art Deco yet points to its potential to shed new light on the complexities of modernity.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|1 pages
Migration and the making of North American Art Deco
chapter 1|24 pages
The legacy of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in the formation of North American Deco
part II|1 pages
Art Deco and public culture
part III|1 pages
Fusing art and fashion
part IV|1 pages
The politics of Art Deco
chapter 12|20 pages
Art Deco and empire
part V|1 pages
History, conservation, and reincarnation