Art Deco and Egypt
Lord Jubjub
there seems to be an Egyptian feel to them.
Considering that the Egyptian tombs (especially Tut's in the '20s) were
big news in those decades, how much influence did Egyptian art have on
the styles and designs of the Art Deco period?
Al Yellon
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You have, my friend, hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head:
http://www.vivelavie.com/mastergate/secured/collectibles/deco.htm
"The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922 had a profound influence
on design as far afield as Hollywood. The richness and beauty of the objects
discovered had a mystery and decadence which brought worldwide gasps of
admiration, combined with a curiosity with the 'Pharoah's Curse' and
subsequent 'unexplained deaths'. The latter became an obsession which has
continued unabated via the cult of Egyptology today. If one looks at the
major aesthetic panorama of early twentieth century style, a large
proportion of the art world and its followers were obsessed with all things
exotic or 'foreign'."
HTH
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GrapeApe
Fourteen percent.
I just did a quickie image search for 'art deco' to see if any obvious Egyptian
imagery might show up (triangles as egyptian may be debatable).
I saw a few structures painted in colored light, and was reminded of theories
that said that the egyptians, as well as a few other ancient cultures, may have
regularly PAINTED their statuary.
Who buys that?
Lord Jubjub
grap...@aol.comjunk (GrapeApe) wrote:
The Greeks did, IIRC.
John Dean
> "Lord Jubjub" <jub...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:jubjub-05450E....@corp.supernews.com...
>> It strikes me as I look at some of the classic art deco styles, that
>> there seems to be an Egyptian feel to them.
>>
>> Considering that the Egyptian tombs (especially Tut's in the '20s)
>> were big news in those decades, how much influence did Egyptian art
>> have on the styles and designs of the Art Deco period?
>
> You have, my friend, hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head:
>
> http://www.vivelavie.com/mastergate/secured/collectibles/deco.htm
>
http://architecture.about.com/library/weekly/aa111900a.htm
'' The term Art Deco was coined from The Exposition des Arts Decoratifs held
in Paris in 1925. Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886-1945) helped promote Art Deco
architecture in Europe. In the United States, Art Deco was embraced by
Raymond Hood, who designed three of the most distinctive buildings in New
York City: the Radio City Music Hall auditorium and foyer, the RCA building
at Rockefeller Center and the New York Daily News building.
What gives Art Deco buildings an Egyptian flavor? To find out, take a peek
inside King Tut's tomb... ''
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John Dean
Oxford
De-frag to reply
RM Mentock
>
> Al Yellon wrote:
> > "Lord Jubjub" <jub...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> > news:jubjub-05450E....@corp.supernews.com...
> >> It strikes me as I look at some of the classic art deco styles, that
> >> there seems to be an Egyptian feel to them.
> >>
> >> Considering that the Egyptian tombs (especially Tut's in the '20s)
> >> were big news in those decades, how much influence did Egyptian art
> >> have on the styles and designs of the Art Deco period?
> >
> > You have, my friend, hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head:
> >
> > http://www.vivelavie.com/mastergate/secured/collectibles/deco.htm
> >
> ding! ding! ding!
>
> http://architecture.about.com/library/weekly/aa111900a.htm
I've looked through both of those links and both seem to say that art
deco had a lot of influences, not just egyption art
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RM Mentock
It is not enough to be wrong, you must also be polite - Niels Bohr
Paul L. Madarasz
wrote, perhaps among other things:
>> I saw a few structures painted in colored light, and was reminded of theories
>> that said that the egyptians, as well as a few other ancient cultures, may
>> have
>> regularly PAINTED their statuary.
>>
>> Who buys that?
>
>The Greeks did, IIRC.
It's true, FWIR from an aborted classics education 30 years ago,
corroborated by the extremely wonderful "Cartoon History of the
Universe," by Larry Gonick.
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Paul L. Madarasz
Tucson, Baja Arizona
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Al Yellon
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True, but the original poster mentioned "some" of the art deco styles, and
indeed *some* of them had Egyptian influence.