![477px-515px-Orange-Black-and-Cream-Boch.jpg Orange Black and Cream Boch ovoid vase with flared rim](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Orange-Black-and-Cream-Boch.jpg)
Orange Black and Cream Vase –Boch Freres
Art Deco delight
The curvaceous and sensuous lines of Art Nouveau morphed into the polar opposite of the more straight and angular lines which defined the commanding style of Art Deco in the 20’s and 30‘s. Art Deco’s ornamental style, and its lavishness is attributed to the reaction to the forced austerity imposed by World War I. At the same time the Deco’s rigid and regimental lines mirrored the austerity at the time.. Germany embraced and influenced the later Art Deco designs. The curved lines of Nouveau were more inclusive and Feng Shui positive then the exclusive and more hostile sharp angles that followed with Deco.
Architecturally Art Deco was easier to adopt in building design then Art Nouveau, a match made in heaven with the emergance of the skyscaper age. Art Deco was of the Machine Age and it adopted its streamline technologies such as modern aviation, electric lighting, radio, ocean liners and skyscrapers for inspiration. The art deco style, which above all reflected modern technology of the time, was characterized by smooth lines, geometric shapes, streamlined forms and bright, sometimes garish colours. Art Deco was used extensively in the United States for railway stations during the 1930s, being designed to represent the modernity and efficiency of railway trains.
The foundation of Art Deco :
The foundation of Art Deco was based on mathematical geometric forms. The ability to travel easily and the numerous archaeological excavations during this period; the tomb of Tutankhamun, Pompeii, Troy, etc., influenced both artists and designers who integrated several foreign elements into their work. At its best, art deco represented elegance, glamour, functionality and modernity.
![273px-353px-eva_zeisel_art_deco_studio_pottery_schramberg_vase.jpg eva zeisel german art deco vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/eva_zeisel_german_art_deco_studio_pottery_schramberg_vase_18641a.jpg)
Art Deco became the first truly international style, spreading quickly around the world during the 1920s and 1930s. A myriad of artists beutifully interpreted Art Deco and made it a higly distinctive and memorable era of design.
![261px-400px-Rene-Lalique.jpg](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/31103053646640304_qCdM1xrl_f.jpg)
Art Deco decorative themes :
( from ArtDecoNapier )
◊ Sunbursts and fountains – representing the dawn of a new modern age.
◊ The Skyscraper shape – symbolic of the 20th century.
◊ Symbols of speed – power and flight – the exciting new developments in transport and communications.
◊ Geometric shapes – representing the machine and technology which it was thought would solve all our problems.
◊ The new woman – revelling in her recently won social freedoms.
◊ Breaking the rules – cacophonous jazz, short skirts and hair, shocking dances.
◊ Ancient cultures – for oddly enough, there was a fascination with the civilizations of Egypt and Central America.
![471px-522px-Eva-Zeisel-Jug-1929-Germany.jpg Eva Zeisel Art Deco Jug 1929](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Eva-Zeisel-Jug-929-Germany.jpg)
Eva Zeisel Jug 1929 Germany
![360px-360px-paire-de-serre-livres.jpg Art Deco gazelle bookends](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/paire-de-serre-livres-aux-b.jpg)
1930’s Earthenware Bookends Unsigned
![360px-480px-Orchies French-Art-Deco-Vase.jpg Orchies Art Deco Vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/French-ceramic-crackle-glaz.jpg)
Vintage Orchies Vase
French ceramic crackle glaze baluster vase of bulbous form.
( Sheryl’s Art Deco )
![397px-350px-Zanesville.jpg Art Deco swan vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Zanesville.jpg)
Art Deco Swan Planter Zanesville
![400px-366px-1930's-Art-Deco-Polychrome.jpg 1930's Art Deco Polychrome tobacco set](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1930s-Art-Deco-Polychrome-.jpg)
1930’s Art Deco Polychrome Tobacco Set
Sarreguemines
![437px-383px-French-Art-Deco-Pottery-Vase.jpg French Art Deco Sperical Pottery Vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/A-French-Art-Deco-Pottery-V.jpg)
French Art Deco Vase
![473px-451px-Echo-of-Deco-customamberSun Echo of Deco-custom Amber Sun clock](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Echo-of-Deco-customamberSun.jpg)
Echo-of-Deco-custom Amber Sun clock
![475px-553px-Rosenthal-1930.jpg Rosenthal Deco vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Rosenthal-1930.jpg)
Rosenthal Vase 1930
![342px-488px-Deco_lamp-Strangl-turquoise.jpg Deco lamp turquoise Strangl](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Deco_lamp-Strangl-turquoise.jpg)
Deco lamp turquoise Strangl
![401px-464px-img10.jpg Art deco lidded jar](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img10.jpg)
Phil Dale
![473px-284px-Farmhouse-tea-for-two.jpg Clarice Cliff tea set](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Farmhouse-tea-for-two.jpg)
Farmhouse-tea-for-two – Clarice Cliff
( Andrew Muir )
![360px-480px--Leaping_Nude_Vase.jpg Leaping dancer art deco vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Leaping_Nude_Vase-LRG_large.jpg)
Leaping Nude Vase
artdeconapier.com
![421px-579px-Royal-Doulton-vase.jpg Royal Doulton vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Royal-Doulton-vase-decorate.jpg)
Royal Dalton
![360px-349px-Untitled-1_large.jpg Nautius green and white shell vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Untitled-1_large.jpg)
Nautilus Shell Vase
![379px-479px-Zsolnay-vase.jpg Zsolnay art deco vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Zsolnay-vase.jpg)
Zsolnay
![423px-584px-decovases-vase.jpg Faceted Art Deco flared vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/decovases2Secretbackroom-Et.jpg)
1920s art deco crystalline pottery vase -Secretbackroom
![407px-335px-Clarice-Cliff-teapot.jpg Cubist Clarice Cliff teapot](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2222190563_9ef8b535f4.jpg)
Clarice Cliff Teapot
![373px-513px-Vintage-Hand-Painted-Clews.jpg Hand Painted Clews flared vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Vintage-Hand-Painted-Clews-.jpg)
Vintage Hand Painted Clews
![400px-240px-kzxdsLyMm1.jpg Deco shuffle](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tumblr_lkzxdsLyMm1qjeidro1_400.gif)
![370px-315px-blegium-art-deco-vase.jpg Belgium tri handled vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSCN0775.jpg)
Belgium Art Deco tri handled vase
![375px-433px-phil-dale.jpg Phil Dale art deco](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/phildale.jpg)
Phil Dale
![459px-242px-Buren-Art-Deco-Modernist.jpg Buren mantle clock modernist](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Buren-Art-Deco-Modernist-Cl.jpg)
Buren Art Deco Modernist Clock
![372px-494px-vinitage-mccoy-vase.jpg McCoy Vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/VINTAGE-MCCOY-USA-POTTERY-ART-DECO-STYLE-FLOWER.png)
McCoy
![Vintage-Brush-McCoy-Vase Vintage Brush McCoy Art Deco Vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Vintage-Brush-McCoy-Vase.jpg)
Vintage Brush McCoy Vase
![473px-711px-Katzhutte-art-deco-figurine.jpg Katzhutte art deco dancing figurine](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Katzhutte-art-deco-figurine.jpg)
Katzhutte art deco figurine
![274px-480px-Boch-Art-Deco-Vase.jpg Boch vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Boch-Art-Deco-Vase1.jpg)
Boch Art Deco vase – designer Charles Catteau
![437px-476px-French-art-deco-1930.jpg Larege French art deco vessel](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/French-art-deco-1930.jpg)
French Art Deco 1930
![375px-487px-Rosso-marble-and-enamelled-art-deco-clock.jpg Rosso marble and enamelled art deco clock](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Rosso-marble-and-enamelled-.jpg)
Rosso marble and enamel Art Deco clock
![416px-570px-Frankoma-Crocus-flower-vase.jpg Elegant Frankoma Crocus flower vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Frankoma-Crocus-flower-vase.jpg)
Frankoma Crocus flower vase
from PrairieDecArts
![475px-642px-Mountain-conical-coffee-pot.jpg Clarice Cliff Mountain conical coffee pot](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Mountain-conical-coffee-pot.jpg)
Mountain conical coffee pot – Clarice Cliff
![329px-407px-Arthur-Woods-Vase.jpg Authur Wood art deco flared vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Arthur-Woods-Vase.jpg)
Art Deco Vase – Authur Woods
![479px-314px-Art-Deco-Style.jpg Art Deco room decor](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7-Art-Deco-Style.jpg)
![477px-562px-Camille-Faure--Vase.jpg Camille Faure Vase abstract pattern](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Camille-Faure-Vase-circa-1.jpg)
Limoges, France, has long been a center of enamel ware. This Art Deco vase, dating from about 1925, is the product of Camille Faure and is enamelled with copper.
( Virginia Museum of Fine Arts )
![400px-489px-reflect.jpg Cygal art deco chair](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/reflect2-1.jpg)
Cygal Art Deco
![451px-497px-blue-art-deco-pidgeon.jpg Ventrillon craqueles pigeon](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_2535.jpg)
Ventrillon craqueles pigeon – Saint-Clement, France
( tim smith vincent )
Art Deco Vase with Egyptian dancer – Fructuoso Coimbra – 1930’s
![475px-449px-Art-deco-Jar-Gunnar-Nylund-Flambe.jpg Gunnar Nylund art deco jar](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/JarraGunnarNylundFlambe-Ror.jpg)
Art deco Spherical Jar -Gazelles and palms
Gunnar Nylund, Rörstrand 1931
Art Deco Jar – Boch Freres – Belgium
modernaumaoutranemtanto.blogspot
![462px-418px-DRIP-Glaze-Pottery-JUG-VASE.jpg Art Deco green jug](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/DRIP-Glaze-Pottery-JUG-VASE.jpg)
Art Deco Jug
![410px-434px-art-deco-vase Charles Catteau vase](https://www.veniceclayartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2059.jpg)
Charles Catteau Vase
Frankart figural lamp
Belgian Art Deco Vase – Charles Catteau
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