Art Deco vs Ballets Russes
アール・デコ / バレエ・リュス
Art Deco comes from Historical Styles and Ballets Russes from Stage Design. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.
Art Deco
Stages urban luxury with repeating geometry and a metallic sheen.
Ballets Russes
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Diaghilev's company made artists the stars: Bakst's saturated color and orientalism, Picasso's and Goncharova's avant-garde flowed from the stage into fashion and design.
| Art Deco | Ballets Russes | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1920s–1930s | 1909–1929 |
| Family | Historical Styles | Stage Design |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Symmetry / Radiating lines / Stepped motifs / Gold and black | Saturated color / Orientalist costume / Stages by painters / Performance as total art |
| Best used for | Giving an event a sense of occasion · Producing instant classic luxury | Setting design and costume first, as the leading element of a production · Making one performance an event remembered through its color |
| Type | Tall, narrow geometric display type | Programme and curtain from the same hand, lettering matched to the sets |
| Composition | Centered, symmetrical composition | Treat the backdrop as flat pattern and let costume movement supply depth |
| Material | Black, gold, ivory; repeated hairlines | Saturated dyed fabric, gold and silver, oriental motifs at large scale |
| Caution | Too much ornament turns theme-park. Let white space carry the dignity. | Adding colors and patterns without deciding the contrast between set and costume dissolves the dancer into the backdrop and the movement disappears. |