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American Art Deco: Modernistic Architecture and Regionalism
American Art Deco Modernistic Architecture and Regionalism Author:Carla Breeze A lavishly illustrated survey of American Art Deco architecture. Art deco architecture flourished in large cities and small towns throughout America in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of the best examplesoffice buildings, movie theaters, hotels, and churchesare still in use. Deco architects, artists, and designers drew on European styles ... more »but were most committed to a style that grew organically, as they saw it, from their native soil. Two themes bound Deco buildings and their decorative schemes together: a regional pride that tied buildings to their specific locales and functions, and a growing national symbolism that asserted the buildings' identity as uniquely, independently American. American Art Decofeatures descriptionsand over 500 color photographsof seventy-five lavish and innovatively designed buildings across the country that have been preserved both outside and in, giving the full scope of this beloved, exciting style.« less