Editing Art Deco (section)

==Decoration and motifs==
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File:Door decoration, 55 quai d'Orsay, Paris 75007, 23 December 2016.jpg|Birds – [[Quai d'Orsay]] no. 55 in [[Paris]], designed by [[Louis-Hippolyte Boileau]] and carved by Léon Binet (1913)
File:44 Calea Călărașilor, Bucharest (12).jpg|Allegorical representations – [[Pediment]] of the Mihai Zisman House (Calea Călărașilor no. 44) in [[Bucharest]], by Soru (1920)
File:Parfumerie Orsay fronton.tif|Stylized flowers (especially spiral flowers and converging fascicles) – Architectural element for the Parfumerie d'Orsay in Paris, by [[Georges Béal]] (1922)
File:Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann (French, 1879-1933). Corner Cabinet, ca. 1923..jpg|The urn – Corner cabinet made of [[mahogany]] with rose basket design of inlaid ivory, by [[Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann]] (1923), [[Brooklyn Museum]], New York City
File:41 Avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France 27 December 2016.jpg|The flower basket – Balconies and pediment of [[Avenue Montaigne]] no. 41 in Paris, unknown architect or sculptor (1924)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pss-archi.eu/immeubles/FR-75056-16276.html|website=pss-archi.eu|title=PSS / 41, avenue Montaigne|author=|access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref>
File:Grille of the Cheney Silk Company Building, New York City, 1925, designed by the French metalworking company Ferrobrandt.jpg|Repeating patterns – Decorative ironwork of the [[Madison Belmont Building]] (Madison Avenue no. 181–183) in New York City, by [[Edgar Brandt|Ferrobrandt]] (1925)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Criticos|first1=Mihaela|title=Art Deco sau Modernismul Bine Temperat - Art Deco or Well-Tempered Modernism|date=2009|publisher=SIMETRIA|isbn=978-973-1872-03-2|page=189|url=|language=Romanian, English}}</ref>
File:Porte d'honneur, by Edgar Brandt, 1925, at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts.jpg|The [[Cyperus papyrus|papyrus]] flower – Porte d'honneur, at the [[International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts]] in Paris, by Edgar Brandt (1925)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Criticos|first1=Mihaela|title=Art Deco sau Modernismul Bine Temperat - Art Deco or Well-Tempered Modernism|date=2009|publisher=SIMETRIA|isbn=978-973-1872-03-2|page=192|url=|language=Romanian, English}}</ref>
File:Edgar brandt, porte da ascensore in ferro, vetro e bronzo, francia 1926 02.jpg|The foliage [[scroll (art)|scroll]] – Elevator doors, by Brandt (1926), wrought iron, glass, patinated and gilded bronze, [[Calouste Gulbenkian Museum]], Lisbon<ref>{{cite book|last1=Criticos|first1=Mihaela|title=Art Deco sau Modernismul Bine Temperat - Art Deco or Well-Tempered Modernism|date=2009|publisher=SIMETRIA|isbn=978-973-1872-03-2|page=196|url=|language=Romanian, English}}</ref>
File:Gustave Simon caveau.jpg|Simplified reinterpretations of the Doric columns (with a basic rectangular [[capital (architecture)|capital]] or base, or just as a shaft) – Grave of [[Gustave Simon]] in [[Préville Cemetery]], Nancy, France, unknown architect (after 1926)

File:Belgique - Bruxelles - Withuis - 01.jpg|Decoration not just through ornaments, but also through combinations of volumes - [[Withuis]] ([[Avenue Charles Woeste]] no. 183) in [[Brussels]], Belgium, by [[Joseph Diongre]] (1927)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://monument.heritage.brussels/fr/glossary/500|website=monument.heritage.brussels|title=Art Déco|access-date=24 May 2024}}</ref>

File:Stage design for Meșterul Manole (The Master Builder Manole), by Victor Feodorov, 1927-1928, collection of the National Theatre, Bucharest, Romania.jpg|Ingenious games of light and darkness – Stage design for [[Meșterul Manole]] (The Master Builder Manole), by [[Victor Feodorov]] (1927–28), collection of the [[National Theatre Bucharest|National Theatre]], Bucharest
File:Paris La Samaritaine 374.JPG|The octagon-shaped [[medallion (architecture)|medallion]] – Sign of the [[La Samaritaine]] department store in Paris, by [[Henri Sauvage]] (1928)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Criticos|first1=Mihaela|title=Art Deco sau Modernismul Bine Temperat - Art Deco or Well-Tempered Modernism|date=2009|publisher=SIMETRIA|isbn=978-973-1872-03-2|page=44|url=|language=Romanian, English}}</ref>
File:La Maison Bleue, porte d'entrée - Angers - 20110119.jpg|Mosaics – [[Maison bleue]] (Rue d'Alsace no. 28) in [[Angers]], France, designed by [[Roger Jusserand]], and decorated with mosaics by the [[Odorico fréres]] (1928)
File:28 Brook Street, Mayfair, January 2022 01.jpg|Vertical mouldings – Greybrook House ([[Brook Street, London|Brook Street]] no. 28) in [[London]], by [[Sir John Burnet & Partners]] (1928–29)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hardwood|first1=Elain|title=Art Deco Britain - Buildings of the Interwar Years|date=2019|publisher=Batsford|isbn=9781849945271|page=113|url=|language=en}}</ref>
File:Rotterdam - Atlantic Huis.jpg|Horizontal mouldings – [[Atlantic Huis]] (Westplein no. 51) in [[Rotterdam]], by [[Piet Buskens|P.G. Buskens]] (1928–1930)
File:Chrysler Building Entrance - New York, NY, USA - August 18, 2015 04.jpg|The stepped motif – Entrance hall of the [[Chrysler Building]] in New York City, by [[William Van Allen]] (1928–1930)
File:Lamp - Paul Kiss (38691617495).jpg|The artesian fountain – Lamp, by [[Paul Kiss]] ({{circa|1930}}), glass and metal, in a temporary exhibition called  the "Jazz Age" at the [[Cleveland Museum of Art]], US
File:77 avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8e 5.jpg|The cornucopia – [[Avenue des Champs-Élysées]] no. 77 in Paris, unknown architect ({{circa|1930}})
File:Console table detail 02 - Paul Fehér (25893303288).jpg|Complex zigzags – Foot of a console table, by [[Paul Fehér]] ({{circa|1930}}), metal, in a temporary exhibition called  the "Jazz Age" at the Cleveland Museum of Art
File:Immeuble, 17-21 rue Gramme (11Fi 4578).jpg|[[Streamline Moderne|Streamlining]] – Rue Gramme no. 17–21 in Paris, by Marcel Chappey (1930)
File:Eastern Columbia Building-6.jpg|The sunburst – Detail above the entrance of the [[Eastern Columbia Building]] (S. Broadway no. 849) in L.A., by [[Claud Beelman]] (1930)
File:Louis Vuitton Maison Champs Élysées (49570496372).jpg|An aesthetic of artificial lighting – Maison de France (now showroom for [[Louis Vuitton]]), Avenue des Champs-Élysées no. 101 in Paris, by [[Louis-Hippolyte Boileau]] and Charles-Henri Besnard (1931)<ref name="SIMETRIA">{{cite book|last1=Criticos|first1=Mihaela|title=Art Deco sau Modernismul Bine Temperat - Art Deco or Well-Tempered Modernism|date=2009|publisher=SIMETRIA|isbn=978-973-1872-03-2|page=185|url=|language=Romanian, English}}</ref>
File:Bucharest - Strada Ion Câmpineanu 11 (cropped top).jpg|[[Ziggurat]] – Union Hotel (Strada Ion Câmpineanu no. 11) in Bucharest, by Arghir Culina (1931)<ref name="SIMETRIA"/>
File:Villa Cavrois le vestibule (cropped).jpg|Vertical and horizontal luminous surfaces – Entrance hall of the [[Villa Cavrois]] in [[Croix, Nord|Croix]], France, by [[Rob Mallet-Stevens]] (1932)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Criticos|first1=Mihaela|title=Art Deco sau Modernismul Bine Temperat - Art Deco or Well-Tempered Modernism|date=2009|publisher=SIMETRIA|isbn=978-973-1872-03-2|page=206|url=|language=Romanian, English}}</ref>
File:Grave of the colonel Paul Străjescu Family in the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania (08).jpg|The undulating line – Relief on the Grave of the Străjescu Family in [[Bellu Cemetery]], Bucharest, by George Cristinel (1934)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Criticos|first1=Mihaela|title=Art Deco sau Modernismul Bine Temperat - Art Deco or Well-Tempered Modernism|date=2009|publisher=SIMETRIA|isbn=978-973-1872-03-2|page=79|url=|language=Romanian, English}}</ref>
File:Edificio del Parque - detalle 2.jpg|Decorative stylized lettering – [[Edificio del Parque]] in [[Mexico City]], by [[Ernesto Buenrostro]] (1935)
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Decoration in the Art Deco period went through several distinct phases. Between 1910 and 1920, as Art Nouveau was exhausted, design styles saw a return to tradition, particularly in the work of Paul Iribe. In 1912 André Vera published an essay in the magazine ''L'Art Décoratif'' calling for a return to the craftsmanship and materials of earlier centuries and using a new repertoire of forms taken from nature, particularly baskets and garlands of fruit and flowers. A second tendency of Art Deco, also from 1910 to 1920, was inspired by the bright colours of the artistic movement known as the [[Fauvism|Fauves]] and by the colourful costumes and sets of the Ballets Russes. This style was often expressed with exotic materials such as sharkskin, mother of pearl, ivory, tinted leather, lacquered and painted wood, and decorative inlays on furniture that emphasized its geometry. This period of the style reached its high point in the 1925 Paris Exposition of Decorative Arts. In the late 1920s and the 1930s, the decorative style changed, inspired by new materials and technologies. It became sleeker and less ornamental. Furniture, like architecture, began to have rounded edges and to take on a polished, streamlined look, taken from the streamline modern style. New materials, such as nickel or chrome-plated steel, aluminium and [[bakelite]], an early form of plastic, began to appear in furniture and decoration.<ref>Explanatory text on Art Deco in the Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris.{{full citation needed|date=August 2021}}</ref>

Throughout the Art Deco period, and particularly in the 1930s, the motifs of the décor expressed the function of the building. Theatres were decorated with sculpture which illustrated music, dance, and excitement; power companies showed sunrises, the Chrysler building showed stylized hood ornaments; The friezes of Palais de la Porte Dorée at the 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition showed the faces of the different nationalities of French colonies. The Streamline style made it appear that the building itself was in motion. The WPA murals of the 1930s featured ordinary people; factory workers, postal workers, families and farmers, in place of classical heroes.{{Sfn|Duncan|1988|page=250}}

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File:Avenue Montaigne (47128639262).jpg|Curvy – [[Avenue Montaigne]] no. 26, Paris, by [[Louis Duhayon]] and [[Marcel Julien]] (1937)<ref name="pss-archi_eu" />
File:Chrysler Building Entrance.jpg|Angular – Entrance of the [[Chrysler Building]] in New York City, by [[William Van Allen]] (1928–1930)
File:Ministry of Justice in Bucharest, former Veterinary Physicians' Society Building, now National Magistracy Institute (07).jpg|Asymmetric - Ministry of Justice ([[Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta (Bucharest)|Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta]] no. 53), Bucharest, by [[Constantin Iotzu]] (1929–1932)
File:14 rue Chomel Paris.jpg|Symmetric – [[Rue Chomel]] no. 14, Paris, designed by [[Émile Boursier]] and sculpted by [[Raymond Delamarre]] (1934)
File:Front full - 1925 Edgar Brandt fire screen (39537375352).jpg|Maximalist – Fire screen, by [[Edgar Brandt]] (1925), wrought iron, in a temporary exhibition called the "[[Jazz Age]]" at the [[Cleveland Museum of Art]], US
File:Seattle - old Federal Court House 04.jpg|Minimalist – [[William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse|William K. Nakamura Federal Courthouse]] in [[Seattle]], US, by [[Gilbert Stanley Underwood]] (1940)
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Art Deco, like the complex times that engendered it, can best be characterized by a series of contradictions: minimalist vs maximalist, angular vs fluid, ziggurat vs streamline, symmetrical vs irregular, to name a few. The iconography chosen by Art Deco artists to express the period is also laden with contradictions. Fair maidens in 18th-century dress seem to coexist with chic sophisticated ladies and recumbent nudes, and flashes of lightning illuminate stylized rosebuds.<ref>{{cite book|last1=McCready|first1=Karen|title=Art Deco and Modernist ceramics|date=1997|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0500278253|page=|url=|language=en}}</ref>