Art deco painting
By: Edward Lucie-Smith.
Publisher: Phaidon
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Art deco.; Painting, Modern -- 20th century.
Description: "The author analyzes the characteristics of the style, period and history of the movement, explaining its relationship to Classicism, the Symbolists, the Precisionists, photography and Cubism. He discusses the frequent use of classical imagery, the importance of society portraiture, the portrayal of the demi-monde and the lure of decorative exoticism." --from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 158) and index.