#art deco aesthetic

[iridessence]

Channeling angels in the new age now…

[vanalex]

[shikanithefox160]

Can you believe it? this was built during the 1920s to the 1930s Photos by me!

Art Deco aesthetic! All photos are mine! This is a real building in my home town and oh my gooooodnesss! Look at all of those pretty acanthus swirls

[unrealityliminal]

[kaitropoli]

“Mannequin Head”

Painted Plaster, 1925.

Victoria and Albert Museum.

It's been a while since I last made a post, let alone one about an architectural aesthetic. I've been meaning to post research on statues, but here we are, almost one year later, and this is the statue I've managed to make our first.

Art Deco is one of, if not the most favorite styles of mine. I'm a gigantic nerd for Bioshock, and whenever we come back from our OCMD trip, it's a tradition to force my friends to drive through Philly so we can get pictures of the different Art Deco buildings. Now, Art Deco was an architectural style, but that doesn't mean it didn't influence the culture around it. What do you think of when the 'roaring twenties' is brought up? The Great Gatsby? Flappers? Mobsters? The Volstead Act (Prohibition)? Those ghastly hoof shoes? ...Bioshock... (Okay, shut up about Bioshock, Kait. They're not gonna make another one *cries internally*). Art Deco will forever be at the forefront of all those beautiful things; even thinking about the sixties will conjure up hints of that style since that was the technical revival period!

Not to sound like that one Twitter/X user, but the United States of America honestly was supposed to be Art Deco. It's a disappointment, an absolute travesty, that we lost that part of our identity due to costs and resources funding war instead. Win some, lose some, but it sucks to suck, and now look at us. However, the U.S. wasn't the only country that made prime fashion from this aesthetic design. The statue above, a display head (which ironically is not on display), was made in France, the same year as the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (an exhibition of the same significance as the World's Fairs; basically where Art Deco got its name from).

At first, I was weary, despite the V&A website listing this as Art Deco because the display's curvature gives more Art Nouveau vibes. But upon reading that similar mannequins made their stylistic debut at the 1925 Paris Exhibition—the setting stone for the Art Deco movement—it's only right to consider this the bridge between the two styles, a blend that would eventually branch out into the wonderful relics we see today.

Although the creator of this head is unknown, the V&A website does provide some fruitful trivia: the head's structural features share qualities of work done by the late Amedeo Modigliani, an Italian painter and sculptor who passed in France, and the head's painted skin featuring qualities shown in works by Henri Matisse, a French painter and sculptor (you more than definitely know his art).

Art Deco is a style that has seen its time, but it will never die, as it is a golden ghost with geometric shapes and hypnotic patterns that stand out from the modern and the olden styles. The fact that this piece isn't on display (according to the V&A site) is absolutely mind-boggling, as it shows what once was and what could still be the beauty introduced and influencing the echoes of greatness.

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Sources:

Post's Subject // "Art Deco" - Victoria and Albert Museum

Post's Subject // "Mannequin Head" - Victoria and Albert Museum

1925 Paris Exhibition // "The Exhibition That Started An International Style: Art Deco" - Metropolis

1925 Paris Exhibition // "International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts" - Wikipedia

Artist Mentioned: Biography of Amedeo Modigliani - Modigliani

Artist Mentioned: Biography of Henri Matisse - Henri Matisse

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All here is written by me.

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I've been seeing too many posts with added history written by A.I., which is really stupid, considering that those types of technologies are wrong and don't list the specific data they utilize to get their information. Because I'm very wordy or know certain things doesn't mean I use a bot... you'd probably know if I did because I'd be posting every day💀 Instead, I bestow upon you real human text, an info-dump on a random thing I find online and think is pretty and/or interest asf, promises I can't deliver (aka I severely forget about or am too busy to do *rip March's posts lmfao*), and horrifically inconsistent posts.

I may make grammar mistakes here and there because I am also writing a book in my free time (that's why I'm usually too stressed to make posts—trust me, you should see my drafts—they're there, but I love to add info, yet it's time-consuming). My Grammarly hates me, and the feeling is as mutual as glass. I felt the need to get that out of the way, too.

I'm now adding all my sources so nobody mistakes this as A.I. garbage. It's not! I should've done this from the get-go, but it didn't feel necessary at first, as I barely did info posts. But if you do see something off, or you just enjoy this post and want to add to the conversation, please feel free to comment!! :)

Thank you (and I will probably make this a separate textpost, too);

Kaiti <3

[alisfelia]

art deco

Art Deco is a symphony of elegance and extravagance, where every curve and angle dances with grace, and every hue bursts forth with vibrancy. Its allure lies in the seamless fusion of geometric precision and organic motifs, creating a timeless aesthetic that exudes sophistication and allure. Each piece of Art Deco art is a masterpiece in its own right, capturing the essence of an era defined by innovation, opulence, and artistic fervor.

art deco by lana del rey

[lazymcfail]

Perhaps some people really are born unhappy. I surely hope not.

[youjustdontunderstandmymusic]

borrowing the tiger’s power

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bathtub in château laurens, france

[whimsigothwitch]

Mooncat by Denise Warren

[luxus-aeterna]

visited M.S. RAU for an exhibit opening || Instagram

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[dollykiller]

[daguerreotyping]

Postcard of a very refined young man reading a letter with the precise degree of drama appropriate to the task, c. 1920s

[unhookedwings]

Detail from the painting Iris (1886) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)