Tag archives for Art deco
Art Deco and the Cocktail’s Influence on an Era
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Article by Lindsay Rose-McLean
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rt deco is a term applied to a popular aesthetic movement that was prominent in parts of Europe, Britain, and North America between 1910...
deco in the detail
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Article by Paul G. Russell
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he complex background of forces that lies behind what came to be called Art Deco retrospectively in 1966 is an amalgam...
style graphique, style de vie
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Article by Marc H. Choko
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a plupart des grandes villes canadiennes comptent quelques beaux exemples de bâtiments art déco. L’édifice Aldred, le Pavillon central de l’Université...
Stepping on a skyscraper
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Article by David A. Hanks
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oseph Claude Sinel (1889-1975) was among the earliest in the emerging profession of industrial design in North America, along with more...
Lyle and the moderne
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Article by Glenn McArthur
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ohn M. Lyle was one of the pre-eminent architects of the first half of the twentieth century in Canada. He was acknowledged by...
Gilles Beaugrand, De Ferronnier à Orfèvre
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Article by Paul Bourassa
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illes Beaugrand (Montréal, 1906 – Laval, 2005) est diplômé de l’École des beaux-arts de Montréal, en 1928. Boursier de la Province, il étudie...