American Art Deco
Subtitle: Modernistic Architecture and Regionalism
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: July 21, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780393019704
First sentence: While the art deco style in the United States certainly gained momentum from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, its origin are equally indebted to the avant-grade architects and philosophies of design which had existed in this country since the late nineteenth century.