Base assumptions of this style are very similar to Art Nouveau, cutting connections to traditional and classical art, and integrating art into everyday life. Art historians consider Art Deco a more functional and cleaner style than Art Nouveau. Art Deco is a more geometric later form of Art Nouveau, it's not curvilinear, it's angular. Modern machine age of the time was better reflected in sharper geometric forms. Angular Cubist and Futurist influences of the time could not be overlooked either.
Hard edges fit better into mass production and consumption of art as well.
This movement adheres to Art Nouveau principles of using modern techniques and materials, and cosmopolitan artists that are capable of design and creation in a number of different art forms. One significant change is machine refined representation of human figure that now resembles a bionic metal sheet hero fresh from assembly line. Art Deco Home Page Industrial Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Graphics, Music and Film Art niches from the Art Deco time. An overview of the movement accompanied with a wide selection of artifacts representing all art forms affected by Art Deco. ERTE One of the Art Deco's brightest stars, a biography and a wide selection of works by this artists covering his favourite techniques - gouaches, sculptures and graphics.