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Art Deco Graphics (Paperback)

by Patricia Frantz Kery (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson; New edition edition (25 Mar 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0500283532
  • ISBN-13: 978-0500283530
  • Product Dimensions: 31 x 25.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 588,081 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This book still stands as the most comprehensive survey on the dynamic graphic design in the three decades before World War II, when economic and political upheaval mixed with a wild pursuit of gaiety, luxury, modernism and elegance to produce a style known variously as Modern, Skyscraper, Jazz Style and, eventually, Art Deco. Patricia Frantz Kery covers in depth the style's sources and explores the decorative 'fine arts' that formed a bridge between the radical modern movements and Deco commercial art. There are chapters on posters, magazines, commercial design, books, and fashion and costume, each with an illustrated introductory text followed by a portfolio of stunning illustrations of works that range from the established masterpieces of Art Deco to never-before-reproduced pieces found in Europe, Latin America, the United States and Japan. Art Deco Graphics is both a sourcebook and an inspiration for designers and illustrators, art directors and photographers, scholars and collectors, and for anyone interested in the graphic style of one of the most exciting periods in history.


About the Author

Patricia Frantz Kery owns an art gallery in New York which specializes in late nineteenth. and early twentieth-century graphics, paintings and watercolours. She is also the author of Great Magazine Covers of the World.

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5.0 out of 5 stars superb!, 6 Jul 2002
By Mrs. Susan M. Brotherwood (CALNE, WILTS United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Worth every penny, this wonderful book has a comprehensive selection of everything art deco.Oodles of glossy full colour photographs, with comprehensive editorial.Purchased for my student son, this book is sure to be an excellent source of information as well as a treasured means of inspiration for many years to come.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fine look at a decorative art, 16 April 2003
By Robin Benson - See all my reviews
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There are lots of good books about Art Deco as an overall art style but Patricia Kery seems to have corned the market with this title covering graphics. Large size, 320 pages and with 476 illustrations it will most likely be the standard reference for many years. The first chapter, 'Foundations of Art Deco graphic style' is a lucid explanation and the following chapters (printed on light mauve paper) expand on this excellent start. The illustrations are fortunately printed on glossy white paper.

Good as the book is though I was rather disappointed with the presentation. All of the spreads with several pictures have them deliberately unaligned and where there are only two images to a page they are usually the same size with a lot of white space and I mean a LOT. I think one of the images should have been big and the other smaller, thus reducing all the white space to a minimum. Typography on the mauve text pages is a mess, various sizes are used and the caption size is really too small. The left-hand page numbers are on the inside of the page next to the books spine, this seems a silly bit of designer whimsy.

The book is very comprehensive and rightly shows how the creative output of mostly European artists was used commercially. For an American perspective have a look at this beautifully designed paperback, `Streamline: American Art Deco Graphic Design' by Steven Heller and Louise Fili. This has excellent illustrations showing how the style was adapted (those famous three speed lines) by American creative folk to sell products rather than a European fine art genre.

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