Art deco architecture flourished in urban areas thropughout America in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of the best examples - office buildings, cinemas, hotels and churches - are still in use. Deco architects, artists and designers drew on European styles but were committed to a style that grew organically from their native soil. Two themes bound Deco buildings and their decorative s...(展开全部)

本书所选作品集中体现了Art Deco如何在20世纪初特殊的文化与经济背景下赋予城市全新而独特的面貌，展现了其在美国尤其是纽约的艺术魅力。全书通过大量丰富的图片，为读者呈现20世纪鼎盛时期的Art Deco设计，为其他Art Deco设计提供有价值的参考。所收录项目类别多样，全面体现了Art Deco的摩登、古老的贵族气质和自由灵活的形式。美轮美奂的图片搭配简洁的文字，图文并茂，编排精美。

Art Deco是装饰艺术的最终成果，是一种极具魅力和影响力的艺术风格，它塑造了现代奢华的流行理念的风格，而其纯粹的线条、明了的构图、优美的装饰纹案和耐人寻味的美感又不能简单地用奢华来进行定义。本书采用1000多幅经典的装饰艺术对象和空间的彩色图片，从家具及室内装饰、雕刻、绘画、图案、海报和装订、玻璃、陶瓷、灯饰、纺织、金属工艺、珠宝等方面，全面而彻底地向读者介绍了装饰艺术的发展过程。此外，它本着装饰艺术的精神，从时髦的法国家具设计师到流行一时的“现代流线型”风格的创造者，所有装饰艺术运动时期重要的艺术设计师们都在这本书中被一一讲解。对于装饰艺术的精髓而言，这本书的阐述无疑是非常丰富而又引人入胜的，并且具有非常高的权威性和透彻性。

裝飾藝術，Art Deco，是人類社會進入二十世紀後第一個真正國際化的風格，廣泛運用在生活種種事物中，大至一艘船、一棟房子，小至一把椅子、一件珠寶，甚至一把刀叉。 它具體呈現了一種生活的風格，在機械化大量生產的狂潮下，堅持對色彩、形式與實用性的追求，不僅在一九二○到四○年代間發光發熱，造就許多至今仍為人推崇、使用的經典設計，更影響及二十世紀設計史的發展，並以靈活、多變的面貌繼續穿梭在我們的日常生活中。 《ART DECO裝飾藝術鑑賞入門》透過豐富的插圖，包括珍貴的黑白照片，不僅帶領我們重新認識這個二十世紀上半葉席捲世界的獨特設計風格，更重要的，它是一本引領我們破解當代設計內涵的入門指南。 本書不僅廣納有關雕塑、玻璃製品、銀器、珠寶、陶瓷、時尚、繪畫等經典作品資訊，也展現了充斥於日常生活中的風格表徵，例如建築、家具、織品、燈飾與金屬工藝等，完整呈現「...(展开全部)

“上世纪30年代，席卷世界的Art Deco风格的飓风登陆上海，Art Deco建筑耸立在城市的各个角落，凝结成微小细节。现在，它已经成为上海生活史的一部分，融入了上海特有的色彩，被人亲切地称为“上海DECO”。”——《周末画报》王淑瑾

2007年的新版本

Serge has bought a modern work of art for a large sum of money. Marc hates the painting and cannot believe that a friend of his could possibly want such a work. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to placate both sides with hilarious consequences. The question is: Are you who you think you are or are you who your friends think you are?

For undergraduate/graduate courses in Contemporary Art, Art Criticism, and Art History; also appropriate for studio courses. This text gathers together the seminal moments in the international art scene of the last few years, placing them in the context of the critical and public understanding of the works, and brings into play the remarkable growth of contemporary art museums ...(展开全部)

"This [is a] staggeringly impressive, wonderfully well-designed book...it's a near-perfect overview of art history." --Sunday Times (Culture Magazine), 30th November 2008 The ultimate visual guide to paintings and sculpture from around the world From the earliest cave paintings to Damien Hirst bring a gallery of the world’s finest art into your home and learn everything you nee...(展开全部)