High-brow pedaling. by Tara Morgan Art Deco was a direct response to the stifling rigidity of WWI. From opulent sunbursts to automobile motifs, Art Deco signaled the dawn of a sleek new sense of modernity. But with the onset of the Great Depression, Art Deco's angled steel, jutting aluminum and inlaid exotic woods gave way to a more pragmatic design style: Art Moderne. Art Moderne stripped Art ...
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