Art Deco vs Harlem Renaissance
アール・デコ / ハーレム・ルネサンス
Art Deco comes from Historical Styles and Harlem Renaissance from Black Arts Movement. 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.
Harlem Renaissance
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A cultural movement that rebuilt Black self-representation and modernity in the words and images of Black people themselves, working through literature, music, theater, publishing and art.
| Art Deco | Harlem Renaissance | |
|---|---|---|
| Era | 1920s–1930s | 1920s–1930s |
| Family | Historical Styles | Black Arts Movement |
| Kind | Style | Style |
| Cues | Symmetry / Radiating lines / Stepped motifs / Gold and black | Black self-representation / The jazz age / Magazines and publishing / Modern figures |
| Best used for | Giving an event a sense of occasion · Producing instant classic luxury | Magazines and books presenting Black writers and performers in their own terms. · Programs and covers for events linking music and literature around the human figure. |
| Type | Tall, narrow geometric display type | Letterspaced light capitals for headings, quiet settings for text meant to be read. |
| Composition | Centered, symmetrical composition | Cut figures into flat silhouettes and run images at the text column width. |
| Material | Black, gold, ivory; repeated hairlines | Prints and drawn illustration, few inks, the paper doing the shadow work. |
| Caution | Too much ornament turns theme-park. Let white space carry the dignity. | Borrowing it as jazz age decoration drops the point, which was Black people representing themselves, and leaves a period flavored ornament. |