Art Deco
アール・デコ / 1920s–1930s / Style / Historical Styles
Stages urban luxury with repeating geometry and a metallic sheen.
At a glance
Visual cues
- Symmetry
- Radiating lines
- Stepped motifs
- Gold and black
Best used for
- Giving an event a sense of occasion
- Producing instant classic luxury
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- Tall, narrow geometric display type
- Composition
- Centered, symmetrical composition
- Material
- Black, gold, ivory; repeated hairlines
- Caution
- Too much ornament turns theme-park. Let white space carry the dignity.
- Further study
- A. M. Cassandre / Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Related entries
- Minimalism (ミニマリズム)Editorially linked for a useful contrast.Compare Art Deco and Minimalism
- Gothic (ゴシック)Same Historical Styles lineage.Compare Art Deco and Gothic
Often confused with
More from Historical Styles
Continue through styles in the same Historical Styles family, prioritised by shared effects.
- Baroque (バロック)Shared effects: Exhilaration / Luxury.
- Beaux-Arts (ボザール様式)Shared effects: Luxury / Exhilaration.
- Deco-Luxe (デコ・リュクス)Shared effects: Luxury / Exhilaration.
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