The style originated in France before spreading worldwide in the latter half of the 1920s. Art Deco architecture was seen as a celebration of progress, using geometric forms, lavish materials, and ...

In modern architecture, ornamentation is minimized or eliminated, as are any references to traditional styles of architecture. This is a new design movement that represents the new, industrial world.

Postmodern architecture is a style of building design that emerged in the ’70s and ’80s as a reaction against the dogmas and ideals of modernism and the international style.

Mies van der Rohe and Corbusier, and turned into a whole new style of architecture. But although the International Style began in Europe, it actually got its name right here in New York City in 1932 ...

Object Details Author Arnason, H. H. 1909-1986 Prather, Marla Notes "Daniel Wheeler, revising author, third edition." Contents The prehistory of modern painting -- Realism, Impressionism, and early ...

The book wasn’t really about new architecture, because very little of it showed buildings in the International Style.

He sought solace in the study of art history at Yale, and soon fell under the sway of Henry-Russell Hitchcock, whose 1932 book The International Style: Architecture Since 1922, coauthored with ...