ART DECO ARCHITECTURE

TANISHQ BAJPAI
SOON A LOT OF CITIES IN WEST , SPECIALLY IN AMERICA CAUGHT UP ON THE STYLE AND STARTED
CONSTRUCTING IN THIS DIRECTION. THIS WAS BECAUSE 1290S ALSO KNOWN AS ROARING 20S WAS A
TIME OF ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS AND ART DECO DEPICTED THAT
ACCURATELY.
ART DECO STYLE WAS SPREADING
BEYOND ARCHITECTURE INTO POP
CULTURE AS WELL SYMBOLISING
ADVANCEMENTS AND LUXURY. THE
STYLE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE
POPULARISATION OF CINEMAS HENCE A
LOT OF MOVIE THEATRES CAN BE SEEN
BUILT IN ART DECO STYLES.
HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE TIME

ALMOST 100 YEARS HAD PASSED SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.

FIRST WORLD WAR HAD JUST ENDED
NEW INVENTIONS LIKE VACCUM CLEANERS AND WASHING MACHINES.
EMERGENCE OF A NEW MIDDLE CLASS
NEW BUILDING MATERIALS LIKE CHROMIUM, GLASS AND STEEL.
MEDIA WAS MAINSTREAM.
 PRECISELY SYMBOLISES

SPEED, TECHNOLOGY & OPTIMISM

 PRIMARY FEATURES

LINEAR APPEARANCE

GEOMETRIC ORNAMENTATIONS

STEPPED FACADES

SMOOTHER WALLS

GEOMETRIC HUMAN FIGURES

BRIGHT COLOURS
 ART DECO IN INDIA
AFTER MIAMI, MUMBAI HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ART DECO BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD AS
BOMBAY TOO EMERGED OUT AS A MAJOR ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL HUB IN INDIA DURING 1930S.

LIBERTY CINEMA
RAM MAHAH SOONA MAHAH
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