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Art & architecture Year 5 Art & Design

ART DECO ART DECO Art Deco is an art movement and design style very popular in the 1920s and 1930s. This style affected art, architecture, design and manufacturing, fashion, jewellery, interior design.

The key features of Art Deco design were: The use of geometrical shapes Symmetry Streamlined shapes Simple composition Bright and vivid colours Use of straight and ziz-zag lines Use of natural shapes like flowers and shells

Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso was creating some of his most famous Cubist works in the 1910s and this influenced the development of the Art Deco style. Can you see how some of the key features of Art Deco are represented in his work?

Tamara De Lempicka Tamara De Lempicka was a Polish artist who was the first woman artist to become an ‘artistic superstar’ She was heavily influenced by Cubism and became the leading Art Deco artist in both Europe and America. Her style was clean, precise and elegant. She used bold and bright colours. Some people described her work as ‘soft Cubism’ (Compare the portrait above to one of Picassos)

Clarice Cliff Clarice Cliff was a very famous English ceramic designer. Her pottery pieces are a fine example of the Art Deco style. Can you see how some of the key features of Art Deco are represented in her work?

The 1920s and 1930s was the age of mass production and a revolution in transport. Art Deco Radio Art Deco Car Art Deco Train Art Deco Clock

During the 1920s and 1930s there was a huge expansion of the London Underground network, particularly in North West London. Many of the tube stations and the housing estates, schools and other buildings that grew up around the new tube stations were built in the Art Deco style.

During the 1920s and 1930s there was a huge expansion of the London Underground network, particularly in North West London. Many of the tube stations and the housing estates, schools and other buildings that grew up around the new tube stations were built in the Art Deco style.