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1919-1939. Location. United States. The Art Deco style, which originated in France just before World War I, had an important impact on architecture and design in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. The most notable examples are the skyscrapers of New York City, including the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and Rockefeller Center.
Website. www.clintonsretail.com. Clintons, previously branded as Clinton Cards, is a chain of stores in the UK founded in 1968 by Don Lewin [1] and best known for selling greeting cards. It also sells soft toys and related gift products. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE Fledgling Index.
Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings." Roadside Architecture.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03. Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 2022-09-06 "Court House Lover". Flickr. Retrieved 2022-09-06 "The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture". Archived from the original on 2019-01-04. Retrieved 2019-01-04. "New Deal Map". The Living New Deal. Retrieved ...
Art Deco. Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs (lit. 'Decorative Arts'), [1] is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), [2] and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s. Through styling and design of the exterior ...
Art Deco architecture flourished in New York City during the 1920s and 1930s. The style broke with many traditional architectural conventions and was characterized by verticality, ornamentation, and building materials such as plastics, metals, and terra cotta. Art Deco is found in government edifices, commercial projects, and residential ...
06000105 [1] Added to NRHP. March 2, 2006. The Ankeny Building is a historic structure located in downtown Clinton, Iowa. Chicago architect Harold Holmes designed the building in the Art Deco style. [2] It was built by Daniel Haring in 1931. The exterior is covered with cream-colored terra cotta panels. The windows on the second floor are ...
The Pellissier Building and adjoining Wiltern Theatre is a 12-story, 155-foot (47 m) Art Deco landmark at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The entire complex is commonly referred to as the Wiltern Center. Clad in a blue-green glazed architectural terra-cotta tile and situated diagonal to the street ...
The 53-year-old artist, whose mixed-media pieces celebrate women, is now being featured in an exhibition at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles titled "Mickalene Thomas: All About Love."